El Rio, California Weather
El Rio, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for El Rio, Ventura County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near El Rio. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for El Rio is published on the Oxnard Airport (KOXR) page, 6 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. 4 airfields within reach of El Rio 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 El Rio: Camarillo International Airport (KCMA) 7 km · Point Mugu Naval Air Station (Naval Base Ventura Co) (KNTD) 13 km · Santa Paula Airport (KSZP) 16 km
Conditions reported at KOXR describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at El Rio specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About El Rio, California
El Rio unfolds as a patchwork quilt of agricultural bounty, where the golden light of afternoon spills across fields of strawberries and avocados, hinting at the fertile earth beneath. It lies 2.8 miles north-north-east of Oxnard, CA (from Oxnard, CA: bearing 16°T), and is situated 7.9 miles east-south-east of Ventura. The air here, especially when the sea breeze carries the faintest whisper of salt, possesses a certain weight, a humid embrace that clings to the skin like a fine mist. Low-slung ranch houses, their paint weathered by persistent sun, punctuate the landscape, their yards often adorned with overflowing bougainvillea and the skeletal remains of forgotten garden gnomes. The rolling hills, softened by distance and time, seem to cradle this pocket of Ventura County, an unassuming expanse where the horizon feels both close and infinitely vast, a place where the sky often takes on the bruised hues of twilight before surrendering to the stars. The history of El Rio is deeply entwined with the agricultural legacy of the region, its very name echoing the presence of the nearby Santa Clara River, a vital artery for irrigation that has sustained generations of farming families. Before the sprawling ranches and orderly rows of crops, this land was shaped by indigenous peoples, their stories now whispered in the rustling of the dry grasses and the enduring cycles of planting and harvest. The local economy, while diversified, still hums with the steady pulse of agriculture, with packing houses and farm stands serving as enduring landmarks. The distinctive character of El Rio is not found in grand monuments, but in the quiet dignity of its working landscape, in the enduring spirit of those who have cultivated this soil, and in the shared, unhurried rhythm of a community deeply connected to the land it calls home.
Live animated radar for El Rio 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 | El Rio, Ventura County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.235783°N, 119.16383°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93036 |
| Area Code | 805 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This El Rio, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for El Rio, 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 El Rio includes coordinates 34.235783°N, 119.163830°W, situated in Ventura County. ZIP code 93036. Telephone area code: 805. 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.
