Niland, California Weather
Niland, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Niland, Imperial County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Niland. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Niland is published on the Cliff Hatfield Memorial Airport (KCLR) page, 12 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 Niland 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 Niland: Brawley Municipal Airport (KBWC) 28 km · Salton Sea Airport (KSAS) 40 km · Imperial County Airport (KIPL) 45 km · El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field) (KNJK) 48 km · Chiriaco Summit Airport (KL77) 50 km
Conditions reported at KCLR describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Niland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Niland, California
Niland lies under a vast, indifferent sky, a place where the Imperial Valley stretches out in flat, sun-baked plains. It lies 18.1 miles north of Brawley, CA (from Brawley, CA: bearing 2°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north of Calipatria. The air here is thick with a dry heat that hums with the unseen life of the desert, and the light, especially as the day begins to fade, bleaches the muted greens of the sparse vegetation to a pale, dusty ochre. Dust devils, ephemeral dancers of grit and air, occasionally spin across the cracked earth, brief, wild gestures against the immense stillness. The landscape is a study in patience, waiting for the infrequent but vital touch of water, a resilience etched into the very texture of the land. The history of Niland is inextricably linked to the dreams of irrigation and agriculture that transformed this arid expanse into fertile ground. Once a vital stop for the Southern Pacific Railroad, its economy was built on the bounty of the surrounding farms, cultivating crops that defied the desert's natural inclination. Though the railroad's prominence has waned, agriculture remains the lifeblood, with vast fields of alfalfa, cotton, and vegetables stretching towards the horizon, their green a vibrant assertion against the earth's brown. The Salton Sea, a vast inland lake born of an engineering miscalculation, lies a short drive away, a shimmering, sometimes melancholic, presence that has shaped the region's character and economy in its own peculiar way.
Live animated radar for Niland 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 | Niland, Imperial County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.240037°N, 115.518876°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92257 |
| Area Code | 714 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Niland, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Niland, 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 Niland includes coordinates 33.240037°N, 115.518876°W, situated in Imperial County. ZIP code 92257. Telephone area code: 714. 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.
