La Cresta, California Weather
La Cresta, 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 La Cresta, Riverside County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near La Cresta. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for La Cresta is published on the French Valley Airport (KF70) page, 17 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 La Cresta 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 La Cresta: Perris Valley Airport (KL65) 24 km · Camp Pendleton MCAS (Munn Field) Airport (KNFG) 29 km · Hemet Ryan Airport (KHMT) 33 km · March Air Reserve Base (KRIV) 36 km · Oceanside Municipal Airport (KOKB) 38 km
Conditions reported at KF70 describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at La Cresta specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for La Cresta.
About La Cresta, California
La Cresta unfolds across rolling hills, a landscape where the ochre of dry grass meets the deep green of scattered oaks. It lies 3.2 miles south-west of Wildomar, CA (from Wildomar, CA: bearing 219°T), and is situated 5.9 miles west of Murrieta. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of chaparral, a fragrance that intensifies under the broad, benevolent sun. Canyons, etched deep by unseen waters over eons, cleave the terrain, their slopes a mosaic of scrub brush and hardy wildflowers that bloom with surprising vibrancy after a winter rain. The sky above La Cresta is a vast, cerulean expanse, often dotted with the slow, majestic drift of hawks circling on thermals, their keen eyes scanning the quiet earth below. The character of La Cresta is inextricably linked to its agricultural past, a heritage that still whispers from the land in the form of sprawling ranches and groves that once defined its economy. While the citrus groves that once dominated the region have largely given way to residential development, the spirit of self-sufficiency and connection to the soil lingers. This is a place where the pace of life allows for the observation of subtle shifts – the deepening of shadows as the sun begins its descent, painting the hills in hues of lavender and rose, or the distant, contented lowing of cattle. The history of La Cresta is not a grand, documented narrative, but rather a collection of quiet endeavors, of families who worked the land and built their lives under this generous sky.
Live animated radar for La Cresta 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 | La Cresta, Riverside County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.562524°N, 117.315594°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92562, 92021, 93305 |
| Area Code | 714, 661 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This La Cresta, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for La Cresta, 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 La Cresta includes coordinates 33.562524°N, 117.315594°W, situated in Riverside County. ZIP code 92562, 92021, 93305. Telephone area code: 714, 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.
