Lockwood, California Weather
Lockwood, 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 Lockwood, Monterey County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lockwood. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lockwood is published on the Mesa Del Rey Airport (KKIC) page, 32 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. 2 airfields within reach of Lockwood 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 Lockwood: Paso Robles Municipal Airport (KPRB) 51 km
Conditions reported at KKIC describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lockwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lockwood.
About Lockwood, California
Lockwood lies at the edge of a vast, sun-baked plain, where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise like ancient, weathered giants against a sky that often burns a fierce, unyielding blue. It lies 31.1 miles north-west of Paso Robles, CA (from Paso Robles, CA: bearing 315°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east-south-east of Fort Hunter Liggett. The land here is a study in contrasts: ochre hillsides, scored by dry creek beds, give way to pockets of gnarled oaks and sparse chaparral, their forms shaped by the relentless wind and the sparse, yet potent, rainfall. The air itself carries a dry, mineral tang, a scent that speaks of dust, sun-baked earth, and the distant, unseen ocean. Even the silence feels substantial, broken only by the rustle of dry grasses or the occasional, sharp cry of a hawk circling overhead. This stretch of Monterey County, where Lockwood makes its home, holds a quiet history tied to the land's bounty and the arduous labor required to coax it forth. Once, perhaps, it was a place where ranching held sway, the rolling hills dotted with cattle, the economy driven by the hardy stock that could survive the lean years. Today, the agricultural pulse is more subtle, with vineyards and olive groves beginning to dot the landscape, their neat rows a testament to a more modern, but no less demanding, cultivation. The very character of Lockwood seems to be etched by this ongoing negotiation with the earth, a resilience born of sun and soil, a slow unfolding rather than a sudden bloom.
Live animated radar for Lockwood 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 | Lockwood, Monterey County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.944134°N, 121.083249°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93932, 93426 |
| Area Code | 760, 805 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lockwood, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lockwood, 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 Lockwood includes coordinates 35.944134°N, 121.083249°W, situated in Monterey County. ZIP code 93932, 93426. Telephone area code: 760, 805. 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.
