Hinkley, California Weather
Hinkley, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Hinkley, San Bernardino County.
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About Hinkley, California
Hinkley lies under a vast, indifferent sky, a scatter of low-slung buildings bleached by the relentless desert sun. It lies 10.3 miles west-north-west of Barstow, CA (from Barstow, CA: bearing 284°T), and is situated 6.7 miles north-west of Lenwood. The landscape here is a study in muted earth tones: scrubby creosote bushes cling stubbornly to the sandy soil, their leathery leaves a testament to resilience. Distant, hazy mountains form a jagged horizon, their peaks softened by the shimmering heat that rises from the baked earth. The air itself feels thin and dry, carrying the faint, metallic scent of dust and the distant hum of unseen machinery. Life in Hinkley moves at a pace dictated by the sun's arc, a quiet endurance against the stark beauty of the high desert. The history of Hinkley is inextricably linked to the arid land it occupies, a place once touched by the promise of underground riches. While the ghost of mining past may linger, the contemporary pulse of Hinkley beats with a different rhythm, driven by the needs of agriculture and the steady flow of traffic along its arteries. The vast, open spaces that surround Hinkley also hold a certain quiet majesty, a canvas for the dramatic shifts of light as day surrenders to night, painting the sky in hues of bruised purple and fiery orange. This is a place where the silence can be profound, broken only by the whisper of the wind or the occasional low growl of a truck passing through, carrying its cargo across the immense, sun-drenched expanse.
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| Location | Hinkley, San Bernardino County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.934702°N, 117.199212°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92347 |
| Area Code | 909 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hinkley, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hinkley, California, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Hinkley includes coordinates 34.934702°N, 117.199212°W, situated in San Bernardino County. ZIP code 92347. Telephone area code: 909. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
