Goodmanville, California Weather
Goodmanville, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Goodmanville, Kern County.
Full aviation weather for Goodmanville is published on the Meadows Field (KBFL) page, 11 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 Goodmanville 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 Goodmanville: Shafter Airport - Minter Field (KMIT) 25 km · Poso Kern County Airport (KL73) 25 km · Wasco Kern County Airport (KL19) 43 km · Delano Municipal Airport (KDLO) 44 km · Elk Hills Buttonwillow Airport (KL62) 50 km
Conditions reported at KBFL describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Goodmanville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Goodmanville.
About Goodmanville, California
Goodmanville rests in a wide, sun-baked basin, where the earth stretches out in hues of ochre and pale gold under a sky that bleeds into a bruised purple at dusk. It lies 4.2 miles north of East Niles, CA (from East Niles, CA: bearing 359°T), and is situated 6.5 miles north-east of Bakersfield. The land here is a study in dry resilience, a place where sparse, tenacious scrub clings to the gently sloping terrain, and the air carries the faint, dry scent of dust and sun-baked sagebrush. Distant, hazy mountains form a jagged, softened horizon, their peaks indistinct against the vast expanse of the sky, and the silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of the wind across the wide-open spaces. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, has a peculiar quality, a thick, honeyed glow that seems to hold the day's heat long after the sun begins its descent. The history of Goodmanville is written in the arid soil and the enduring spirit of its people, a story deeply entwined with the cycles of agriculture and the relentless pursuit of water. This is a place where the economy has long been shaped by the bounty and scarcity of the land, with generations of families cultivating the soil and coaxing crops from the unforgiving ground. The legacy of early settlers, who arrived with dreams of prosperity, is palpable in the weathered farmhouses and the quiet dignity of the town's inhabitants, a testament to their perseverance. While no grand monuments mark its passage, the enduring character of Goodmanville lies in its unpretentious strength, a quiet resilience that mirrors the hardy plants that dot its landscape.
Live animated radar for Goodmanville 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 | Goodmanville, Kern County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.436039°N, 118.932785°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93308 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Goodmanville, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Goodmanville, 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 Goodmanville includes coordinates 35.436039°N, 118.932785°W, situated in Kern County. ZIP code 93308. 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.
