Mendocino, California Weather
Mendocino, 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 Mendocino, Mendocino County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Mendocino. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Mendocino is published on the Little River Airport (KLLR) page, 6 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 Mendocino 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 Mendocino: Ukiah Municipal Airport (KUKI) 55 km
Conditions reported at KLLR describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mendocino specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mendocino.
About Mendocino, California
Mendocino clings to its bluffs like sea-worn driftwood, a cluster of Victorian houses painted in hues of faded ocean mist and sun-bleached wood. It lies 74.5 miles north-west of Windsor, CA (from Windsor, CA: bearing 315°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south of Fort Bragg. The Pacific Ocean, a restless, breathing entity, churns and whispers at the base of the sheer cliffs, its salty breath rising to mist the pine and cypress trees that crown the headlands. Streets, laid out with a deliberate, almost quaint geometry, wind their way through the village, offering glimpses of gardens bursting with fuchsias and hydrangeas, their colors vibrant against the muted tones of the architecture. The air here carries the sharp tang of kelp and the distant cry of gulls, a constant reminder of the wild, untamed coast that frames this small, resilient settlement. This is a place where logging and fishing once defined the pulse of life, the economy now subtly shifted towards art, tourism, and the quiet contemplation of nature. The Mendocino Coast has a history etched not in grand monuments, but in the weathered faces of its inhabitants and the enduring spirit of its independent shops and galleries. The legacy of the schooners that once plied these waters, carrying lumber from the dense forests inland, can still be felt in the sturdy bones of the old buildings. Today, artists find inspiration in the dramatic light that washes over the coastline, a light that can transform the ordinary into the luminous, coaxing out subtle shades of gold and rose from the sea and sky.
Live animated radar for Mendocino 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 | Mendocino, Mendocino County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.307674°N, 123.799459°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95460 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mendocino, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mendocino, 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 Mendocino includes coordinates 39.307674°N, 123.799459°W, situated in Mendocino County. ZIP code 95460. 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.
