Cherokee Strip, California Weather
Cherokee Strip, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cherokee Strip, Kern County.
Full aviation weather for Cherokee Strip is published on the Shafter Airport - Minter Field (KMIT) page, 8 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. 6 airfields within reach of Cherokee Strip 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 Cherokee Strip: Poso Kern County Airport (KL73) 19 km · Meadows Field (KBFL) 19 km · Wasco Kern County Airport (KL19) 19 km · Elk Hills Buttonwillow Airport (KL62) 24 km · Delano Municipal Airport (KDLO) 31 km
Conditions reported at KMIT describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cherokee Strip specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cherokee Strip.
About Cherokee Strip, California
Cherokee Strip unfolds across a broad, sun-baked expanse where the earth itself seems to breathe in slow, golden exhalations. It lies 9.9 miles south-south-east of Wasco, CA (from Wasco, CA: bearing 153°T), and is situated 2.4 miles south-south-east of Shafter. The landscape here is a study in patient endurance, a vast canvas brushed with the muted ochres and dusty greens of semi-arid terrain. Rolling hills, softened by the passage of seasons, give way to stretches of level ground, the very soil holding the memory of ancient seabeds and the relentless sculpting of wind. In the evenings, as the sun dips below the horizon, the sky ignites in a spectacular display of fiery oranges and bruised purples, a celestial balm laid over the quietude of the land. The air, dry and carrying the faint scent of sun-warmed dust and distant chaparral, hums with a profound stillness that invites contemplation. This land, once a vital artery of westward expansion, remembers the thunder of hooves and the hopeful cries of settlers during the famed Oklahoma Land Rush, though its Kern County iteration speaks of a different, yet equally potent, frontier spirit. The economy of Cherokee Strip is deeply rooted in the bounty of the surrounding agricultural lands, where vast fields of cotton and vineyards stretch towards the hazy mountains, their productivity sustained by an intricate network of irrigation. The scent of ripening grapes often mingles with the earthy perfume of freshly tilled soil, a testament to the generations who have coaxed life from this sometimes unforgiving earth. Local life moves at a pace dictated by the sun and the seasons, a gentle rhythm underscored by a quiet pride in the enduring character of Cherokee Strip.
Live animated radar for Cherokee Strip 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 | Cherokee Strip, Kern County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.467181°N, 119.260665°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93263 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cherokee Strip, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cherokee Strip, 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 Cherokee Strip includes coordinates 35.467181°N, 119.260665°W, situated in Kern County. ZIP code 93263. 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.
