Friendly Hills, California Weather
Friendly Hills, 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 Friendly Hills, Los Angeles County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Friendly Hills. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Friendly Hills is published on the Los Alamitos Army Air Field (KSLI) page, 19 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 Friendly Hills 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 Friendly Hills: Long Beach International Airport (KLGB) 20 km · Compton Woodley Airport (KCPM) 23 km · Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport (KHHR) 31 km · Zamperini Field (KTOA) 35 km · Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) 37 km
Conditions reported at KSLI describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Friendly Hills specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Friendly Hills, California
Friendly Hills, a sun-drenched mosaic of rolling terrain, exhales a dry, chaparral scent under the vast Southern California sky. It lies 2.2 miles east-south-east of South Whittier, CA (from South Whittier, CA: bearing 103°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-north-west of Anaheim. The land here is a study in subtle contours, where the earth folds gently, revealing outcrops of weathered rock and the tenacious scrub that clings to its slopes. Oak woodlands, their branches gnarled like ancient hands, punctuate the ochre hills, offering pockets of shade that deepen as the afternoon sun begins its slow descent. The air itself carries a fine dust, a constant reminder of the arid beauty, and in the cooler hours, a quiet stillness settles, broken only by the distant hum of traffic or the occasional call of a hawk circling overhead. The genesis of Friendly Hills is a story of ambition and the enduring allure of open spaces, a place that grew from agricultural roots into a residential haven. Once, the land might have echoed with the rustle of citrus groves, the sweet perfume of blossoms carried on the breeze, a quiet testament to a bygone era of farming that shaped the early economy. Now, its character is defined by a more suburban rhythm, a blend of family life and the quiet pursuit of comfort, with its residents finding their livelihoods in the broader Los Angeles basin. The distinctive architectural styles that dot its landscape, a mix of Spanish-inspired stucco and mid-century modern, speak to different waves of settlement, each leaving its subtle imprint on the character of Friendly Hills.
Live animated radar for Friendly Hills 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 | Friendly Hills, Los Angeles County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.953624°N, 118.003676°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 90605 |
| Area Code | 310, 424 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Friendly Hills, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Friendly Hills, 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 Friendly Hills includes coordinates 33.953624°N, 118.003676°W, situated in Los Angeles County. ZIP code 90605. Telephone area code: 310, 424. 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.
