Ford City, California Weather
Ford City, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Ford City, Kern County.
Full aviation weather for Ford City is published on the Taft Kern County Airport (KL17) page, 2 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 Ford City 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 Ford City: Elk Hills Buttonwillow Airport (KL62) 22 km · New Cuyama Airport (KL88) 32 km · Shafter Airport - Minter Field (KMIT) 46 km · Meadows Field (KBFL) 48 km · Wasco Kern County Airport (KL19) 53 km
Conditions reported at KL17 describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ford City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Ford City, California
Ford City lies in a sun-baked cradle of rolling hills, where the earth, a rich ochre, stretches towards a sky that bleeds from cerulean to a hazy amber as the day wanes. It lies 28.9 miles west-south-west of Bakersfield, CA (from Bakersfield, CA: bearing 239°T), and is situated 0.8 miles north of Taft. Scrub oak and hardy chaparral cling to the slopes, their muted greens a stark contrast to the pale, dry grasses that rustle with a sound like hushed secrets in the infrequent breeze. The air, when it moves, carries the faint, clean scent of dust and the distant, metallic tang of the oilfields. Here, the landscape is not one of dramatic peaks or verdant valleys, but of a persistent, subtle beauty, a testament to resilience in the face of a demanding climate. The veins of Kern County’s oil industry run deep, and Ford City, though small, has felt their pulse for decades. Its economy has long been intertwined with the extraction of black gold, a history evident in the weathered pumpjacks that punctuate the horizon and the pragmatic, hardworking spirit of its residents. The legacy of this industry, born from the relentless search for subterranean riches, has shaped Ford City into a place defined by its industrious past and its enduring connection to the land’s potent, if sometimes austere, offerings. Life here moves at a measured pace, dictated by the sun's arc and the quiet hum of ceaseless, essential work.
Live animated radar for Ford City 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 | Ford City, Kern County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.154411°N, 119.45623°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93268 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ford City, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ford City, 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 Ford City includes coordinates 35.154411°N, 119.456230°W, situated in Kern County. ZIP code 93268. 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.
