Fairview, California Weather
Fairview, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fairview, Tulare County.
Full aviation weather for Fairview is published on the Kern Valley Airport (KL05) page, 23 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. 2 airfields within reach of Fairview 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 Fairview: Porterville Municipal Airport (KPTV) 52 km
Conditions reported at KL05 describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fairview specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fairview.
About Fairview, California
Fairview rests in a broad, sun-drenched valley floor, an expanse of ochre and sage that stretches towards the distant, hazy blue of the Sierra Nevada foothills. It lies 30.7 miles east-south-east of Porterville, CA (from Porterville, CA: bearing 108°T), and is situated 15.3 miles north of Wofford Heights. The land here is a study in patient endurance, a place where the earth seems to hold its breath under the vast, indifferent sky. Scattered homesteads, their roofs bleached pale by relentless sun, punctuate the landscape, each a small anchor against the immensity. Dust, fine as talc, coats everything, softening the sharp edges of scrub oak and mesquite, and lending a muted, golden quality to the air, especially in the late afternoon when the light slants low, painting long shadows across the dry creek beds that snake through the terrain. The story of Fairview is inextricably linked to the fertile soil and the water that, though often scarce, has allowed agriculture to flourish here for generations. This is a place built on the back of hard work, where the economy has long been tethered to the bounty of the land – the sweet scent of ripening peaches and the golden promise of alfalfa fields. The irrigation canals, glinting like silver ribbons under the sun, are the arteries of this community, a testament to human ingenuity in coaxing life from this arid setting. While the larger agricultural operations dominate the horizon, smaller, family-run orchards and ranches still hold their ground, carrying forward a quiet tradition of self-reliance and a deep understanding of the valley’s rhythms.
Live animated radar for Fairview 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 | Fairview, Tulare County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.925782°N, 118.494809°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93238, 94542, 93021, 94541 |
| Area Code | 805, 510 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairview, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairview, 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 Fairview includes coordinates 35.925782°N, 118.494809°W, situated in Tulare County. ZIP code 93238, 94542, 93021, 94541. Telephone area code: 805, 510. 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.
