Bard, California Weather
Bard, 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 Bard, Imperial County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bard. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bard is published on the Yuma International Airport / Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (KNYL) page, 16 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. 2 airfields within reach of Bard 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 Bard: Laguna Army Airfield (KLGF) 17 km
Conditions reported at KNYL describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bard specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bard.
About Bard, California
Bard exists as a quiet punctuation mark on the vast, sun-baked canvas of Imperial County. It lies 5.9 miles north-east of Yuma, AZ (from Yuma, AZ: bearing 42°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north-north-east of Desert View. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, where the horizon stretches out, an unbroken line etched against a sky that often burns a startling, cerulean blue. Sparse, resilient scrub dots the ochre soil, clinging to life with a tenacity born of endless sunshine and infrequent, but welcome, rain. The air itself carries a dry, persistent warmth, a palpable presence that seems to bake the very dust into a fine, pervasive powder. Even the wind, when it stirs, feels ancient, whispering secrets of the desert across the sparse landscape. The history of Bard is intertwined with the relentless pursuit of water in this arid expanse, a story of human endeavor against the stark beauty of the Colorado Desert. For decades, the economy of Bard has been shaped by the fertile lands fed by irrigation channels, the fields yielding their bounty under the intense desert sun, a testament to the ingenuity of those who tamed the wild river. While not a place of grand pronouncements or bustling crowds, Bard holds its own quiet character, a place where the days unfold with a deliberate, unhurried cadence, marked by the slow arc of the sun and the subtle shifts in the desert light. It is a locality that asks for patience, rewarding those who look closely with a profound sense of place.
Live animated radar for Bard 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 | Bard, Imperial County, California |
| Coordinates | 32.789212°N, 114.556062°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92222 |
| Area Code | 714 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bard, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bard, 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 Bard includes coordinates 32.789212°N, 114.556062°W, situated in Imperial County. ZIP code 92222. Telephone area code: 714. 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.
