Lakewood, California Weather
Lakewood, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Lakewood, Los Angeles County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lakewood. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lakewood is published on the Long Beach International Airport (KLGB) page, 4 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood: Los Alamitos Army Air Field (KSLI) 10 km · Compton Woodley Airport (KCPM) 11 km · Zamperini Field (KTOA) 20 km · Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport (KHHR) 20 km · Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) 27 km
Conditions reported at KLGB describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lakewood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
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.
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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
