Darwin, California Weather
Darwin, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Darwin, Inyo County.
Full aviation weather for Darwin is published on the Stovepipe Wells Airport (KL09) page, 54 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 KL09 describe the airfield itself. Weather 54 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Darwin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Darwin.
About Darwin, California
Darwin, a place of quiet resilience, unfolds across a high desert landscape where the earth itself seems to hold its breath. It lies 44.8 miles north of Ridgecrest, CA (from Ridgecrest, CA: bearing 6°T), and is situated 36.1 miles north-north-west of Searles Valley. The terrain is a study in muted palettes – ochre clays, sun-bleached greys, and the sparse, resilient greens of creosote and Joshua trees that stand like patient sentinels against the immense, indifferent sky. The air here possesses a particular dryness, a clarity that sharpens the distant jagged peaks of the Argus Range into stark relief, and at dusk, the light spills across the land in hues of rose and lavender, lending a fleeting, ethereal beauty to the rugged contours. There is a profound stillness, broken only by the whisper of the wind, a sound that seems to carry the echoes of ages across the vast, unbroken expanse. The history of Darwin is intrinsically linked to the earth's buried treasures, its fortunes once tethered to the veins of silver and gold that lay hidden beneath the arid surface. Prospectors, drawn by the promise of wealth, carved out a precarious existence here, establishing a mining camp that pulsed with a raw, frontier energy. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, their legacy remains, a subtle imprint on the character of Darwin, a reminder of the tenacious spirit that sought sustenance from this unforgiving land. The local economy, now more focused on the quiet offerings of services and the steady flow of curious visitors drawn to the unique desert charm, reflects a shift from extraction to endurance, a testament to the enduring appeal of this remote corner of Inyo County.
Live animated radar for Darwin 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 | Darwin, Inyo County, California |
| Coordinates | 36.267997°N, 117.591735°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93522 |
| Area Code | 760 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Darwin, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Darwin, 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 Darwin includes coordinates 36.267997°N, 117.591735°W, situated in Inyo County. ZIP code 93522. 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.
