Bodie, California Weather
Bodie, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bodie, Mono County.
Full aviation weather for Bodie is published on the Hawthorne Industrial Airport (KHTH) page, 50 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KHTH describe the airfield itself. Weather 50 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bodie specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bodie.
About Bodie, California
Bodie stands as a ghost in the high desert, a skeletal collection of weathered structures bleached by a relentless sun and scoured by winds that carry the fine grit of ages. It lies 77.3 miles south-south-east of Carson City, NV (from Carson City, NV: bearing 148°T), and is situated 18.6 miles north-north-east of Lee Vining. The landscape around Bodie is a stark expanse of sagebrush and alkali flats, punctuated by distant, rugged peaks that seem to guard the silence. The air, thin and sharp, carries the scent of dry earth and creosote, a perfume of desolation that clings to everything. Even in the harsh light of noon, a peculiar stillness pervades, broken only by the creak of a loose shutter or the rustle of unseen creatures in the scrub. As dusk approaches, the sky bleeds into hues of bruised purple and fiery orange, casting long, mournful shadows that stretch across the dusty streets, imbuing the abandoned buildings with a spectral life. This was once a roaring metropolis of the West, a boomtown born of gold and silver veins that pulsed beneath the Sierra Nevada's flank. Bodie’s streets, now trodden by curious visitors, once echoed with the clamor of miners, gamblers, and merchants, a vibrant, often lawless, ecosystem fueled by the promise of quick riches. The remnants of its saloons, churches, and even a mortuary, whisper tales of a hard-lived existence, of fortunes made and lost with dizzying speed. The local economy, now solely reliant on the preservation of its past, draws those who seek to touch the raw, untamed spirit of the American frontier, a place where history is not merely remembered, but palpably felt in the dust and decay.
Live animated radar for Bodie 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.
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| Location | Bodie, Mono County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.21214°N, 119.012087°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93517 |
| Area Code | 760 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bodie, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bodie, 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 Bodie includes coordinates 38.212140°N, 119.012087°W, situated in Mono County. ZIP code 93517. Telephone area code: 760. 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.
