Atwater, California Weather
Atwater, 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 Atwater, Los Angeles County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Atwater. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Atwater is published on the Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport (KBUR) page, 13 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 Atwater 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 Atwater: San Gabriel Valley Airport (KEMT) 21 km · Santa Monica Municipal Airport (KSMO) 21 km · Whiteman Airport (KWHP) 21 km · Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) 24 km · Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 Airport (KPMD) 59 km
Conditions reported at KBUR describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Atwater specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Atwater.
About Atwater, California
Atwater, a place where the Los Angeles basin begins to exhale, unfolds under a sky often painted in hues of apricot and rose as the sun dips low. It lies 1.8 miles south of Glendale, CA (from Glendale, CA: bearing 183°T), and is situated 4.5 miles north of Los Angeles. The land here, a gentle, sun-baked expanse, hints at the fertile plains that once stretched unbroken. Low, rolling hills, softened by the passage of time and the persistent touch of the sun, form a muted backdrop to the spread of homes and businesses. The air, even on the warmest days, carries a certain stillness, a quiet expectancy that settles over the streets as evening approaches, punctuated only by the distant hum of traffic and the rustle of drought-tolerant trees. The story of Atwater is one of careful cultivation and evolving commerce. Once a landscape defined by agriculture, its roots are deeply entwined with the bounty of the land, a heritage still whispered by the occasional remnant grove or the memory of fields that yielded their harvest under this same wide sky. This legacy has steadily given way to a more diversified economy, a tapestry of small businesses and service industries that now form the backbone of Atwater's daily life. The spirit of the place is one of quiet resilience, a community that has adapted and grown, holding onto its past while embracing the present, a character as enduring as the sun-drenched earth itself.
Live animated radar for Atwater 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 | Atwater, Los Angeles County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.116398°N, 118.256464°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 90039, 95301 |
| Area Code | 213, 323, 408, 669 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Atwater, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Atwater, 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 Atwater includes coordinates 34.116398°N, 118.256464°W, situated in Los Angeles County. ZIP code 90039, 95301. Telephone area code: 213, 323, 408, 669. 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.
