Lamont, California Weather
Lamont, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Lamont, Kern County.
Full aviation weather for Lamont is published on the Meadows Field (KBFL) page, 23 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 Lamont 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 Lamont: Shafter Airport - Minter Field (KMIT) 37 km · Poso Kern County Airport (KL73) 42 km · Tehachapi Municipal Airport (KTSP) 45 km · Mountain Valley Airport (KL94) 48 km · Taft Kern County Airport (KL17) 49 km
Conditions reported at KBFL describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lamont specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Lamont, California
Lamont lies under a vast, pale sky, a place where the land stretches out in a flat, patient expanse. It lies 8.1 miles south of East Niles, CA (from East Niles, CA: bearing 173°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south-east of Bakersfield. The air here carries a dry, mineral tang, a constant reminder of the earth that birthed it, and the sun, when it begins its descent, bleeds a molten orange across the horizon, painting the sparse, scrubby vegetation in hues of ochre and rust. The occasional hardy mesquite tree, its branches twisted like arthritic fingers, offers a scant, welcome shade, and the silence, when it truly settles, is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind across the dusty plains and the distant drone of agricultural machinery. This corner of Kern County has long been shaped by the persistent hand of agriculture, a tenacious battle waged against the inherent dryness of the land. Fields of grapes, their vines meticulously tended, and the stoic green of cotton plants form the backbone of Lamont’s economy, a testament to human ingenuity and the deep wells that feed them. Once, perhaps, this was a landscape of raw, untamed earth, but now it is a carefully cultivated dominion, where the rhythm of planting and harvest dictates the pace of life. The legacy of those who first tamed this soil, their sweat and toil etched not in stone but in the fertile furrows, still resonates in the quiet pride of the people who call Lamont home.
Live animated radar for Lamont 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 | Lamont, Kern County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.259683°N, 118.914267°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93241, 93307 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lamont, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lamont, 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 Lamont includes coordinates 35.259683°N, 118.914267°W, situated in Kern County. ZIP code 93241, 93307. Telephone area code: 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.
