Ballard, California Weather
Ballard, 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 Ballard, Santa Barbara County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ballard. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ballard is published on the Santa Ynez Airport (KIZA) page, 5 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 Ballard 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 Ballard: Lompoc Airport (KLPC) 33 km · Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (KSBA) 34 km · Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field (KSMX) 43 km · Vandenberg Space Force Base (KVBG) 44 km · New Cuyama Airport (KL88) 51 km
Conditions reported at KIZA describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ballard specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ballard.
About Ballard, California
Ballard lies in a gentle dip of the land, where the Santa Ynez River, a silvery ribbon, has long since broadened its embrace of the valley floor. It lies 19.6 miles east of Lompoc, CA (from Lompoc, CA: bearing 91°T), and is situated 3.1 miles north-north-east of Solvang. Rolling hills, cloaked in the muted greens and ochres of coastal California, rise on either side, their slopes etched by the slow, deliberate work of wind and water. The air here carries the faint, sweet scent of sun-baked earth and wild sage, a fragrance that mingles with the distant, salty tang of the Pacific, though the ocean itself remains a whispered promise, a horizon unseen. Sunlight, even in the waning afternoon, possesses a liquid quality, pooling in the hollows and catching the dust motes that dance in the quiet air, lending a soft, ephemeral glow to the weathered fences and scattered farmhouses. This is a place where the past is not forgotten, but rather woven into the very fabric of daily life, a quiet testament to generations who have worked this land. Ballard’s roots run deep into the rich soil, its economy once sustained by the bounty of the surrounding ranches and vineyards, a legacy still evident in the sprawling estates and the occasional, lovingly preserved farmhouse. The Santa Ynez River, though now more a tranquil presence than a roaring force, has historically been the lifeblood of this valley, its waters nurturing the crops and shaping the very contours of the landscape. A distinctive character imbues Ballard, a sense of unhurried persistence, a quietude that speaks of a community comfortable in its own skin, its present a gentle echo of its agricultural heritage.
Live animated radar for Ballard 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 | Ballard, Santa Barbara County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.635819°N, 120.113203°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93463 |
| Area Code | 805 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ballard, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ballard, 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 Ballard includes coordinates 34.635819°N, 120.113203°W, situated in Santa Barbara County. ZIP code 93463. Telephone area code: 805. 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.
