Florence, California Weather
Florence, 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 Florence, Los Angeles County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Florence. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Florence is published on the Compton Woodley Airport (KCPM) page, 9 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 Florence 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 Florence: Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport (KHHR) 10 km · Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) 15 km · Long Beach International Airport (KLGB) 20 km · Zamperini Field (KTOA) 21 km · Los Alamitos Army Air Field (KSLI) 27 km
Conditions reported at KCPM describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Florence specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Florence, California
Florence unfolds across a flat, sun-baked expanse, where the air often carries the dry, sweet scent of distant citrus groves, a lingering echo of its agricultural past. The landscape here is a study in subtle gradients, a gentle lean toward the south and west, where the land eventually surrenders to the wider embrace of Los Angeles. Buildings, a mix of modest single-family homes and utilitarian commercial structures, stand stark against the vast, often pale blue sky, their colors muted by the pervasive sunlight. Palm trees, stoic sentinels, punctuate the urban grid, their fronds rustling with a sound like dry paper in the infrequent breeze. The story of Florence is one of quiet evolution, a gradual shift from fertile farmland to a bustling, diverse urban neighborhood. Originally part of the sprawling ranchos that defined early Southern California, its agricultural roots were deep, sustained by the region's abundant sunshine and the ingenuity of irrigation. As Los Angeles grew, Florence found itself absorbed into its ever-expanding orbit, its open fields giving way to homes and businesses. The local economy, once tied to the bounty of the soil, now reflects the multifaceted nature of its larger metropolitan context, a blend of retail, services, and light industrial activity. There's a palpable sense of working life here, a steady hum of commerce that plays out on streets where the afternoon light often casts long, sharp shadows, giving the ordinary a momentary, dramatic intensity.
Live animated radar for Florence 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 | Florence, Los Angeles County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.974459°N, 118.248129°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 90001 |
| Area Code | 213, 323 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Florence, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Florence, 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 Florence includes coordinates 33.974459°N, 118.248129°W, situated in Los Angeles County. ZIP code 90001. Telephone area code: 213, 323. 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.
