Fellows, California Weather
Fellows, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fellows, Kern County.
Full aviation weather for Fellows is published on the Taft Kern County Airport (KL17) page, 10 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 Fellows 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 Fellows: Elk Hills Buttonwillow Airport (KL62) 20 km · New Cuyama Airport (KL88) 30 km · Shafter Airport - Minter Field (KMIT) 48 km · Wasco Kern County Airport (KL19) 52 km · Meadows Field (KBFL) 52 km
Conditions reported at KL17 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fellows specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fellows.
About Fellows, California
Fellows is a place where the earth breathes dust and the sky stretches an endless, pale blue. It lies 30.8 miles south-south-west of Wasco, CA (from Wasco, CA: bearing 202°T), and is situated 5.4 miles west-north-west of Taft. The landscape here is a study in subtle browns and tans, the ochre of the soil giving way to the muted greens of hardy scrub and the occasional, defiant bloom of a desert wildflower. Hills, worn smooth by eons of wind and sun, rise gently from the flatlands, their contours softened by the haze that often softens the sharp edges of the world. The air itself feels thin, carrying the scent of sun-baked earth and the faintest whisper of distant agriculture, a promise of water where none seems to exist. This corner of Kern County, Fellows, has long been shaped by the earth's bounty and the relentless pursuit of it. The legacy of oil exploration whispers through the scrub, a reminder of fortunes sought and found, and sometimes lost, beneath the seemingly barren surface. The local economy, though perhaps less boisterous than in its boom times, still draws sustenance from the surrounding agricultural lands, where rows of crops, meticulously tended, carve straight lines into the vastness. The spirit of the place is one of quiet resilience, a steadfastness born from living in a land that demands respect and offers its rewards with a measured, deliberate hand.
Live animated radar for Fellows 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 | Fellows, Kern County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.178578°N, 119.541233°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93224 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fellows, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fellows, 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 Fellows includes coordinates 35.178578°N, 119.541233°W, situated in Kern County. ZIP code 93224. 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.
