Ducor, California Weather
Ducor, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ducor, Tulare County.
Full aviation weather for Ducor is published on the Porterville Municipal Airport (KPTV) page, 15 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 Ducor 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 Ducor: Delano Municipal Airport (KDLO) 24 km · Poso Kern County Airport (KL73) 34 km · Mefford Field (KTLR) 39 km · Wasco Kern County Airport (KL19) 41 km · Shafter Airport - Minter Field (KMIT) 45 km
Conditions reported at KPTV describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ducor specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ducor.
About Ducor, California
Ducor rests in a wide, sun-baked valley, where the Sierra Nevada foothills begin their slow, dusty ascent. It lies 12.1 miles south of Porterville, CA (from Porterville, CA: bearing 188°T), and is situated 7.4 miles north-north-east of Richgrove. The land here is a study in ochre and pale green, a landscape sculpted by wind and water into gentle, rolling contours that lead the eye toward distant, hazy mountains. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the dry, sweet scent of sun-warmed earth and the faint, wild perfume of sagebrush, a fragrance that seems to cling to everything. Scattered farmsteads, their roofs bleached pale by relentless sun, dot the terrain like forgotten stepping stones, each a small assertion of human presence against the vast, quiet expanse. The history of Ducor is deeply intertwined with the agricultural bounty of the surrounding land, a story etched into the persistent hum of irrigation systems and the golden fields that stretch to the horizon. This is a place where the economy breathes with the rhythm of the seasons, reliant on the cultivation of almonds, pistachios, and other hardy crops that thrive under the Tulare County sun. Old irrigation ditches, remnants of earlier eras of water management, still snake across the fields, whispering of generations who coaxed life from this arid soil. While not a bustling metropolis, Ducor possesses a quiet resilience, a steadfast character born of hard work and a deep connection to the land that sustains it.
Live animated radar for Ducor 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 | Ducor, Tulare County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.89162°N, 119.047324°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93218 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ducor, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ducor, 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 Ducor includes coordinates 35.891620°N, 119.047324°W, situated in Tulare County. ZIP code 93218. 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.
