Bodfish, California Weather
Bodfish, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bodfish, Kern County.
Full aviation weather for Bodfish is published on the Kern Valley Airport (KL05) page, 17 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 Bodfish 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 Bodfish: Tehachapi Municipal Airport (KTSP) 51 km · Meadows Field (KBFL) 54 km · Mountain Valley Airport (KL94) 54 km · Poso Kern County Airport (KL73) 58 km
Conditions reported at KL05 describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bodfish specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bodfish.
About Bodfish, California
Bodfish lies under a wide, often pale blue sky, a scattering of buildings against the raw, ochre-tinged hills of the southern Sierra Nevada foothills. It lies 28.8 miles east-north-east of East Niles, CA (from East Niles, CA: bearing 59°T), and is situated 2.3 miles south-south-west of Lake Isabella. The land here is a study in dry resilience, where scrub oak and hardy chaparral cling to slopes that rise and fall with an ancient, unhurried logic. Dust motes dance in the shafts of sunlight that slant across the unpaved roads, and the air, when the wind stirs, carries the faint, dry scent of sagebrush and sun-baked earth. The houses, a mix of weathered wood and stucco, seem to have grown from the very soil, their colors muted to blend with the landscape, a quiet defiance against the starkness. This corner of Kern County, Bodfish, has a history as layered as the sedimentary rock formations that punctuate the horizon. Once a hub for mining operations, whispers of gold and silver still seem to linger in the dry air, though the economy has long since shifted. Today, the pulse of Bodfish beats to the rhythm of ranching and the quiet pursuit of a simpler life, with a scattering of small businesses catering to the needs of its residents and the occasional traveler. The landscape itself, so often overlooked, holds a subtle beauty, particularly as the sun begins its descent, painting the western sky in hues of rose and deep violet, casting long, dramatic shadows that stretch across the valleys.
Live animated radar for Bodfish 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 | Bodfish, Kern County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.588009°N, 118.49203°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93205 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bodfish, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bodfish, 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 Bodfish includes coordinates 35.588009°N, 118.492030°W, situated in Kern County. ZIP code 93205. Telephone area code: 661. 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.
