Lake Mathews, California Weather
Lake Mathews, 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 Lake Mathews, Riverside County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lake Mathews. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lake Mathews is published on the March Air Reserve Base (KRIV) page, 16 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 Lake Mathews 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 Lake Mathews: Riverside Municipal Airport (KRAL) 16 km · Perris Valley Airport (KL65) 18 km · Flabob Airport (KRIR) 20 km · Corona Municipal Airport (KAJO) 20 km · Chino Airport (KCNO) 28 km
Conditions reported at KRIV describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lake Mathews specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lake Mathews.
About Lake Mathews, California
Lake Mathews lies in a landscape sculpted by the patient hand of erosion, where rolling hills, clad in the muted greens and ochres of chaparral, descend towards the shimmering expanse of water. It lies 4.9 miles north-east of Temescal Valley, CA (from Temescal Valley, CA: bearing 44°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south-south-east of Arlington. The air here carries the dry, sun-baked scent of sagebrush and the faintest whisper of distant citrus groves. Sunlight, when it catches the surface of the reservoir, breaks into a thousand dancing diamonds, a fleeting brilliance that belies the enduring stillness of the water itself, a vast, placid eye reflecting the vast, pale sky. Occasionally, a hawk will circle overhead, a dark silhouette against the blue, its keen gaze sweeping across the undulating terrain, a silent sentinel over this quiet corner of Riverside County. The history of Lake Mathews is intrinsically linked to the ingenuity that brought water to the arid Southern California landscape, a testament to human ambition meeting natural scarcity. This reservoir, a crucial component of the Colorado River Aqueduct system, was built to quench the thirst of a burgeoning region, a feat of engineering that transformed arid lands into fertile ground. For decades, the local economy has been shaped by the agricultural bounty this water sustains, the scent of oranges and lemons often mingling with the clean, mineral tang of the reservoir. While large-scale agriculture remains a vital thread, the character of Lake Mathews is also defined by its residential enclaves, communities that have sprung up in the shadow of the great waterworks, their pace of life dictated by the slow arc of the sun and the quiet hum of irrigation systems.
Live animated radar for Lake Mathews 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 | Lake Mathews, Riverside County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.808953°N, 117.408893°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92570 |
| Area Code | 909 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake Mathews, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake Mathews, 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 Lake Mathews includes coordinates 33.808953°N, 117.408893°W, situated in Riverside County. ZIP code 92570. 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. 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.
