Barstow, California Weather
Barstow, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Barstow, San Bernardino County.
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About Barstow, California
Barstow rises from the arid expanse of the Mojave Desert, a place where the sun, a relentless forge, beats down upon a landscape of scrub brush and distant, hazy mountains. It lies 29.0 miles north-north-east of Apple Valley, CA (from Apple Valley, CA: bearing 19°T), and is situated 4.8 miles east-north-east of Lenwood. The air here carries the faint, dry scent of creosote and dust, a signature of this high desert plateau. Wide streets, designed for an era of sprawling automobiles and open skies, stretch out under a canopy of brilliant blue, punctuated by the occasional hardy mesquite tree. The land itself feels ancient and unyielding, a vast canvas of ochre and pale green, where the wind whispers secrets across the baked earth. At dusk, the light softens, painting the surrounding peaks in hues of rose and lavender, a fleeting moment of tender beauty before the stark, star-dusted darkness descends. The history of Barstow is inextricably linked to the iron horse and the ceaseless flow of commerce across the American West. It owes its very existence to the railroad, a vital junction where lines converged, bringing with it a boom of prospectors, ranchers, and adventurers seeking fortunes in the surrounding mineral-rich hills. This legacy is still palpable, from the weathered facades of older buildings to the lingering hum of freight trains that continue to crisscross the region. The local economy, once heavily reliant on the railroad and mining, has diversified, with logistics and transportation still playing a significant role, leveraging Barstow's strategic position as a crossroads. The nearby Mojave National Preserve offers a stark, natural counterpoint to the human endeavors, a vast wilderness of sand dunes, Joshua trees, and volcanic formations that speaks of geological time far beyond the memory of any settlement.
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| Location | Barstow, San Bernardino County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.898594°N, 117.022818°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93723, 92311 |
| Area Code | 760, 909 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Barstow, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Barstow, California, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Barstow includes coordinates 34.898594°N, 117.022818°W, situated in San Bernardino County. ZIP code 93723, 92311. Telephone area code: 760, 909. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
