Gustine, California Weather
Gustine, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Gustine, Merced County.
Full aviation weather for Gustine is published on the Gustine Airport (K3O1) page, 3 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 Gustine 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 Gustine: Los Banos Municipal Airport (KLSN) 24 km · Turlock Municipal Airport (KO15) 37 km · Castle Airport (KMER) 40 km · Modesto City Co-Harry Sham Field (KMOD) 41 km · Merced Regional Macready Field (KMCE) 43 km
Conditions reported at K3O1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gustine specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Gustine, California
Gustine sits in the San Joaquin Valley, a place where the land stretches out, flat and fertile, under a sky that can hold a fierce sun or a soft, dusty gold at dusk. It lies 16.0 miles north-north-west of Los Banos, CA (from Los Banos, CA: bearing 329°T), and is situated 4.1 miles south-south-east of Newman. The air here is often still, carrying the scent of irrigation water and ripening crops, a quiet testament to the work that shapes this landscape. Fields of alfalfa, their green a vibrant contrast to the pale earth, roll towards the horizon, punctuated by groves of almonds and walnuts, their branches reaching out like patient hands. The roads, straight and true, cut through this expanse, leading the eye toward distant, hazy foothills that offer a subtle, blue-tinged backdrop to the everyday rhythm of Gustine. The history of Gustine is tied to the water that irrigates these rich soils, a lifeblood that transformed arid land into an agricultural powerhouse. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile ground and the burgeoning railroad, established a community built on hard work and the bounty of the harvest. Today, the local economy remains deeply rooted in agriculture, with dairy farms and the cultivation of a variety of crops forming the backbone of Gustine. The presence of the California Aqueduct, a concrete ribbon bisecting the landscape, serves as a constant reminder of the engineered ingenuity that sustains this verdant pocket of the valley, a place where the quiet hum of tractors often harmonizes with the gentle sigh of the wind.
Live animated radar for Gustine 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 | Gustine, Merced County, California |
| Coordinates | 37.257717°N, 120.998815°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95322 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gustine, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gustine, 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 Gustine includes coordinates 37.257717°N, 120.998815°W, situated in Merced County. ZIP code 95322. Telephone area code: 408, 669. 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.
