Greenacres, California Weather
Greenacres, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Greenacres, Kern County.
Full aviation weather for Greenacres is published on the Meadows Field (KBFL) page, 7 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 Greenacres 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 Greenacres: Shafter Airport - Minter Field (KMIT) 16 km · Poso Kern County Airport (KL73) 24 km · Elk Hills Buttonwillow Airport (KL62) 34 km · Wasco Kern County Airport (KL19) 34 km · Taft Kern County Airport (KL17) 40 km
Conditions reported at KBFL describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Greenacres specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Greenacres, California
Greenacres exhales a dry, sun-baked air, a scent of dust and distant alfalfa fields that clings to everything. It lies 5.2 miles west of Bakersfield, CA (from Bakersfield, CA: bearing 278°T), and is situated 5.7 miles west-south-west of Oildale. The land here rolls with a quiet resignation, a gentle slope towards the south and west, hinting at the broader expanse of the San Joaquin Valley. Scrub oak, their branches gnarled like arthritic fingers, dot the landscape, interspersed with hardy grasses that turn a pale gold under the relentless sun. The sky, vast and an almost impossibly deep blue for much of the year, presses down with a tangible weight, broken only by the occasional hawk circling on unseen currents, its shadow a fleeting smudge on the baked earth. Evenings bring a softer light, a slow bleed of orange and rose across the horizon that seems to hush the world into a slumber. The history of Greenacres is inextricably tied to the water that irrigates these fertile, yet arid, plains. Once part of a much larger agricultural landscape, its identity has been shaped by the persistent push to cultivate this land, a testament to human tenacity against the elements. The local economy, while diversified, still leans heavily on the bounty of the fields, with an ongoing reliance on the crops that thrive under careful irrigation. The character of Greenacres is one of quiet industry, of families who have seen generations work this soil, their lives marked by the planting and the harvest. It’s a place where the pace is dictated not by hurried schedules, but by the slow, steady turning of the seasons and the enduring rhythm of the agricultural cycle.
Live animated radar for Greenacres 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 | Greenacres, Kern County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.383293°N, 119.109827°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93312 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Greenacres, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Greenacres, 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 Greenacres includes coordinates 35.383293°N, 119.109827°W, situated in Kern County. ZIP code 93312. 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.
