Lakewood, California Weather
Lakewood, 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 for Lakewood, Los Angeles County.
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About Lakewood, California
Lakewood unfurls across a broad, gently sloping plain, a mosaic of well-tended lawns and purposeful streets that stretch toward a hazy horizon. It lies 2.2 miles south-south-west of Bellflower, CA (from Bellflower, CA: bearing 207°T), and is situated 6.8 miles north-north-east of Long Beach. The air, often thick with the scent of jasmine and exhaust fumes, carries the distant hum of a restless metropolis, yet within its bounds, a calmer cadence prevails. Palm trees, their fronds rustling like dry paper, punctuate the urban geometry, casting elongated shadows that lengthen as the sun begins its descent, painting the sky in hues of apricot and lavender. The land itself, a sun-baked canvas, shows little of the dramatic geological upheaval that shapes more rugged territories, instead offering a steady, unassuming terrain where human endeavor has imprinted itself with a quiet persistence. This expanse of Southern California was not always so neatly delineated; its history is one of transformation, from agricultural roots to a suburban archetype. Once dotted with citrus groves and dairy farms, Lakewood’s development surged in the post-war era, becoming a blueprint for modern tract housing and community planning, a testament to the era’s aspirations for orderly domesticity. Its economy, once tied to the land, now thrives on retail, services, and the steady pulse of a regional workforce drawn to its accessible location. The iconic Lakewood Center, a sprawling retail hub, stands as a modern landmark, a far cry from the pastoral past, yet it too has become woven into the fabric of Lakewood’s daily life, a place where commerce and community intersect beneath the same wide, benevolent sky.
Live animated radar for Lakewood and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Lakewood, Los Angeles County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.853627°N, 118.133956°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 90712, 90715, 90711, 90713, 90714 |
| Area Code | 818, 747 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lakewood, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lakewood, 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 Lakewood includes coordinates 33.853627°N, 118.133956°W, situated in Los Angeles County. ZIP code 90712, 90715, 90711, 90713, 90714. Telephone area code: 818, 747. 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.
