Korbel, California Weather
Korbel, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Korbel, Sonoma County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Korbel. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Korbel is published on the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport (KSTS) page, 13 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. 4 airfields within reach of Korbel 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 Korbel: Healdsburg Municipal Airport (KHES) 17 km · Marin County Airport - Gnoss Field (KDVO) 54 km · Ocean Ridge Airport (KE55) 59 km
Conditions reported at KSTS describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Korbel specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Korbel.
About Korbel, California
Korbel exists where the Sonoma Creek begins its wider journey, a place where the land exhales a damp, earthy scent, thick with the promise of redwood and fern. It lies 8.5 miles west-south-west of Windsor, CA (from Windsor, CA: bearing 251°T), and is situated 8.8 miles south-west of Healdsburg. The terrain here is a study in subtle gradients, rising gently towards the coastal range, its slopes cloaked in a dense, verdant tapestry of trees. Sunlight, when it pierces the canopy, arrives in fractured shafts, illuminating patches of moss-laden bark and the dark, rich loam underfoot. The air itself feels cool and hushed, carrying the distant murmur of water and the rustle of unseen creatures within the undergrowth. This corner of Sonoma County, Korbel, carries the echoes of a logging past, a time when the towering redwoods were the lifeblood of the local economy. The very air seems to hold a memory of sawdust and the rhythmic clang of axes, a history now softened by the passage of years and the quiet reclamation of the forest. While the grand mills are gone, a more subdued agricultural character has taken root, with vineyards now weaving their way across the lower slopes, catching the afternoon sun. It's a landscape that feels both wild and tended, a place where the wildness of nature is still very much in evidence, a constant, quiet presence.
Live animated radar for Korbel 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 | Korbel, Sonoma County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.50769°N, 122.964442°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95446, 95550 |
| Area Code | 408, 669, 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Korbel, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Korbel, 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 Korbel includes coordinates 38.507690°N, 122.964442°W, situated in Sonoma County. ZIP code 95446, 95550. Telephone area code: 408, 669, 530. 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.
