New Idria, California Weather
New Idria, 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 New Idria, San Benito County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near New Idria. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for New Idria is published on the Harris Ranch Airport (K3O8) page, 43 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. 3 airfields within reach of New Idria 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 New Idria: New Coalinga Municipal Airport (KC80) 44 km · Mesa Del Rey Airport (KKIC) 45 km
Conditions reported at K3O8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 43 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at New Idria specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for New Idria.
About New Idria, California
New Idria rests in a high, arid valley, a place where the sun bleeds into the horizon with a fierce, unapologetic glow, painting the surrounding rugged hills in shades of ochre and rust. It lies 23.5 miles east-south-east of San Benito, CA (from San Benito, CA: bearing 106°T), and is situated 25.9 miles north-west of Coalinga. The land here is stark, a testament to forces that have shaped it with a patient, relentless hand, revealing strata of earth like ancient scars. Scrub oak clings tenaciously to slopes that rise sharply towards a sky that can feel impossibly vast, and the air, when the wind stirs, carries the dry, resinous scent of chaparral. In the quiet hours, the silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind through sparse grasses or the distant call of a hawk circling overhead, a solitary sentinel in this wide expanse. This remote outpost of San Benito County once pulsed with the feverish extraction of quicksilver, its very existence tied to the deep veins of cinnabar that ran beneath the earth. The ghosts of that industry linger in the weathered structures and the scattered debris, a quiet echo of a boom that brought a transient population and a raw, determined spirit to this isolated corner. The economy of New Idria now draws from a different wellspring, a more subdued existence focused on the land and its quiet bounty, where the slow passage of time seems more in keeping with the enduring character of the hills. The stark beauty of the landscape, unyielding and authentic, holds a singular appeal, a raw magnetism that draws those who find solace in its wild, untamed heart.
Live animated radar for New Idria 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 | New Idria, San Benito County, California |
| Coordinates | 36.416901°N, 120.674338°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95043, 95045 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This New Idria, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Idria, 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 New Idria includes coordinates 36.416901°N, 120.674338°W, situated in San Benito County. ZIP code 95043, 95045. 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.
