Bear Valley, California Weather
Bear Valley, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bear Valley, Mariposa County.
Full aviation weather for Bear Valley is published on the Mariposa Yosemite Airport (KMPI) page, 10 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. 5 airfields within reach of Bear Valley 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 Bear Valley: Castle Airport (KMER) 45 km · Merced Regional Macready Field (KMCE) 47 km · Turlock Municipal Airport (KO15) 52 km · Chowchilla Airport (K2O6) 52 km
Conditions reported at KMPI describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bear Valley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bear Valley.
About Bear Valley, California
Bear Valley unfolds as a broad, sun-drenched expanse, where the Sierran foothills begin their majestic ascent. It lies 27.2 miles north-east of Merced, CA (from Merced, CA: bearing 47°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north of Catheys Valley. The land here is a study in ochre and sage, a scrubby, resilient beauty that speaks of dry summers and winters painted white. Oak woodlands, gnarled and ancient, punctuate the rolling terrain, their branches reaching like weathered hands towards a sky that often burns a startling cerulean. The air itself carries a dry, mineral scent, a subtle perfume of sun-baked earth and the hardy chaparral that clings to the slopes. Even in the quietest moments, a faint murmur of wind rustles through the dry grasses, a constant, low-pitched song of the untamed country. The history of Bear Valley is etched in the very veins of its landscape, a story of gold that drew men with hopeful eyes and calloused hands. Prospectors once scoured these hills, their dreams of fortune echoing in the canyons, and remnants of that era, though faded, still whisper of their presence. Today, the economy of Bear Valley is more gently tethered to the land, with cattle grazing on the broad pastures and a quiet tourism that appreciates the raw, unspoiled character of the region. It is a place that holds its past close, its present unhurried, a quiet testament to a different way of life, where the rhythm of the seasons still dictates the pace.
Live animated radar for Bear Valley 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 | Bear Valley, Mariposa County, California |
| Coordinates | 37.568824°N, 120.119349°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95223, 95338 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bear Valley, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bear Valley, 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 Bear Valley includes coordinates 37.568824°N, 120.119349°W, situated in Mariposa County. ZIP code 95223, 95338. Telephone area code: 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.
