Essex, California Weather
Essex, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Essex, San Bernardino County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Essex.
About Essex, California
Essex lies under a sky that stretches, immense and unyielding, across the Mojave Desert floor. It lies 47.8 miles south-west of Bullhead City, AZ (from Bullhead City, AZ: bearing 233°T), and is situated 36.7 miles west-south-west of Needles. Dust devils, ephemeral dancers, spin across the cracked earth, their brief whirlwinds the only motion for miles. The land itself is a study in austerity, a palette of ochre and pale sand, broken by the stoic resilience of creosote bush and the occasional, spiny bloom of a desert flower. Sun-bleached bones, bleached white by relentless light, sometimes punctuate the landscape, quiet testaments to lives lived and journeys ended. The air here carries a dry, mineral scent, a perfume of ancient stone and tenacious life, and as the sun begins its slow descent, the horizon bleeds into shades of bruised purple and molten gold, painting the distant, serrated peaks with a fleeting, raw beauty. This corner of San Bernardino County, Essex, whispers of a past tethered to the relentless pursuit of resources. The echoes of mining ventures, long since faded, can still be felt in the scattered remnants of structures and the quiet dignity of the land that once yielded its treasures. The local economy, a lean and hardy thing, now draws its sustenance from the enduring spirit of its residents and the infrequent passage of travelers seeking refuge or passage through this starkly beautiful expanse. Life in Essex unfolds at a deliberate pace, dictated by the sun's arc and the vast, silent presence of the desert. There are no grand universities here, no bustling cultural centers, only the enduring character of a place defined by its isolation and the quiet strength of those who call it home, a testament to human endurance against a formidable backdrop.
Live animated radar for Essex 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 | Essex, San Bernardino County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.73361°N, 115.244979°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95519, 92332 |
| Area Code | 530, 909 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Essex, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Essex, California, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Essex includes coordinates 34.733610°N, 115.244979°W, situated in San Bernardino County. ZIP code 95519, 92332. Telephone area code: 530, 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
