Charleston View, California Weather
Charleston View, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Charleston View, Inyo County.
Full aviation weather for Charleston View is published on the Sky Ranch Airport (K3L2) page, 31 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. 3 airfields within reach of Charleston View 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 Charleston View: Shoshone Airport (KL61) 34 km · Jean Airport (K0L7) 56 km
Conditions reported at K3L2 describe the airfield itself. Weather 31 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Charleston View specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Charleston View.
About Charleston View, California
Charleston View sits at a quiet crossroads in the stark beauty of Inyo County. It lies 17.5 miles south-south-east of Pahrump, NV (from Pahrump, NV: bearing 164°T), and is situated 18.0 miles north-west of Sandy Valley. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, where dry washes carve patient paths through scrub-covered slopes that rise towards the distant, often snow-dusted peaks of the Sierra Nevada. Sunlight, when it breaks through the high, thin atmosphere, can be startlingly bright, bleaching the sparse vegetation and casting long, sharp shadows that shift with a glacial slowness. The air itself feels thin and dry, carrying the scent of creosote and dust, and at dusk, the sky often ignites in a breathtaking display of oranges and purples, a fleeting spectacle that softens the rugged contours of the landscape before the vast, star-dusted darkness descends. The history of Charleston View is intrinsically linked to the earth's buried treasures and the enduring spirit of those who sought them. This is a place that has felt the tremor of mining booms and busts, where the echoes of pickaxes and the rumble of ore carts still seem to linger in the wind. The local economy, once fueled by the promise of silver and gold, now finds its pulse in the quieter rhythms of ranching and the steady flow of travelers drawn to the raw, untamed grandeur of the surrounding desert. Charleston View remains a testament to resilience, a small settlement that has adapted and endured, its character shaped by the immense forces of geology and the tenacious will of its people.
Live animated radar for Charleston View 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 | Charleston View, Inyo County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.96463°N, 115.897244°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 89061 |
| Area Code | 909 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Charleston View, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Charleston View, 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 Charleston View includes coordinates 35.964630°N, 115.897244°W, situated in Inyo County. ZIP code 89061. Telephone area code: 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. 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.
