Acton, California Weather
Acton, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Acton, Los Angeles County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Acton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Acton is published on the Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 Airport (KPMD) page, 20 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Acton have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Acton: General William J Fox Airfield (KWJF) 30 km · Whiteman Airport (KWHP) 31 km · Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport (KBUR) 33 km · Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) 40 km · Rosamond Skypark Airport (KL00) 45 km
Conditions reported at KPMD describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Acton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Acton.
About Acton, California
Acton unfolds across rolling hills, a landscape etched by the persistent, sun-baked touch of the Antelope Valley. It lies 8.8 miles south-south-west of Palmdale, CA (from Palmdale, CA: bearing 211°T), and is situated 5.0 miles west-south-west of Vincent. Here, the earth is a mosaic of tawny grasses and scrub oak, interspersed with the occasional hardy Joshua tree reaching skyward like a silent sentinel. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry warmth, a scent of dust and wild sage that seems to cling to everything, giving the light a softened, golden hue. Canyons, shallow but deeply cut, wind through the terrain, offering pockets of shade and a subtle coolness that contrasts with the wide-open expanse. The sky above Acton is a vast, uninterrupted canvas, often a startlingly deep blue, where hawks wheel lazily on unseen currents. The history of Acton is deeply entwined with the land's bounty and the persistent spirit of its inhabitants. Once a significant stop along the stagecoach route, its economy has been shaped by ranching and agriculture, with vineyards and citrus groves once dotting the hillsides, their legacy still visible in the occasional gnarled trunk. Later, the discovery of minerals brought a different kind of prospector, leaving behind whispers of boom and bust that still echo in the quiet canyons. Today, Acton retains a character of independent spirit, a place where the pace of life is dictated less by clocks and more by the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons, a peaceful, rural existence unfolding against a backdrop of enduring natural beauty.
Live animated radar for Acton and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Acton, Los Angeles County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.469994°N, 118.196742°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93510 |
| Area Code | 760 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Acton, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Acton, California, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Acton includes coordinates 34.469994°N, 118.196742°W, situated in Los Angeles County. ZIP code 93510. Telephone area code: 760. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
