Lockeford, California Weather
Lockeford, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lockeford, San Joaquin County.
Full aviation weather for Lockeford is published on the Lodi Airport (K1O3) page, 11 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 Lockeford 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 Lockeford: Kingdon Airpark (KO20) 20 km · Rancho Murieta Airport (KRIU) 36 km · Sacramento Mather Airport (KMHR) 45 km · Rio Vista Municipal Airport (KO88) 48 km · Sacramento Executive Airport (KSAC) 49 km
Conditions reported at K1O3 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lockeford specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lockeford.
About Lockeford, California
Lockeford sits under a wide, unblinking sky that can be a brassy glare in summer and a soft, bruised purple at dusk. It lies 7.0 miles east-north-east of Lodi, CA (from Lodi, CA: bearing 71°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east of Woodbridge. The land hereabouts is a patient, fertile plain, stretching out in broad, agricultural swathes where the sun works its slow magic on the crops. Fields of ripening grain shimmer in the heat, their stalks a dry whisper against the constant hum of insects, and the air itself carries the faint, sweet perfume of sun-baked earth and distant orchards. Occasional clusters of mature oak trees, their branches gnarled like ancient hands, punctuate the flat expanse, offering brief, welcome shade. The San Joaquin River, a silken ribbon of brown water, flows not far off, its presence a subtle coolness in the generally dry, warm air. The history of Lockeford is written in the dust of its unpaved side roads and the faded paint of its older buildings, a testament to an agricultural heritage that still forms the backbone of its economy. For generations, the rich soil has yielded bountiful harvests, supporting families and fostering a quiet, self-reliant character in its residents. The local economy, though diversified, still leans heavily on the bounty of the land, with orchards and vineyards dotting the landscape and the scent of ripening fruit a constant, pleasant reminder. It's a place where the day's work often begins with the sunrise and ends with the slow descent of that same sky, the rhythm of life dictated by the seasons and the enduring partnership between the people of Lockeford and the earth they cultivate.
Live animated radar for Lockeford 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.
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| Location | Lockeford, San Joaquin County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.16353°N, 121.149945°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95237, 95240 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lockeford, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lockeford, 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 Lockeford includes coordinates 38.163530°N, 121.149945°W, situated in San Joaquin County. ZIP code 95237, 95240. Telephone area code: 408, 669. 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.
