Nipton, California Weather
Nipton, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Nipton, San Bernardino County.
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About Nipton, California
Nipton exists as a sparse gathering of structures beneath the vast, indifferent sweep of the Mojave Desert sky. It lies 38.6 miles south of Enterprise, NV (from Enterprise, NV: bearing 183°T), and is situated 31.5 miles south-east of Sandy Valley. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, a canvas of pale ochre, dusty rose, and the occasional stark white of sun-bleached bone or alkali flats. Jagged, low-slung mountains, weathered by millennia of wind and sun, form a distant, serrated horizon, their flanks etched with the dry wash of ephemeral streams. The air itself is a tangible presence, thin and carrying the faint, dry perfume of creosote bush and brittlebush, a scent that becomes more potent as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the sky in hues of bruised plum and molten gold. Life in Nipton moves with a deliberate quietude, dictated by the sun’s arc and the enduring stillness of the desert. The history of Nipton is as parched and resilient as the landscape it occupies, a tale often whispered in the rustle of tumbleweeds and the sigh of the wind. Once a small stop along a railway line, its fortunes ebbed and flowed with the transient dreams of prospectors and the shifting needs of commerce. The local economy, if one can call it that, relies on the meager offerings of passing travelers and the occasional venture into niche markets, a far cry from the boomtowns of yesteryear. Yet, there is a distinct character to this place, a resilience born of isolation and the stark beauty of its surroundings. Sunlight here possesses a unique quality, a crystalline clarity that sharpens every shadow and imbues the sparse vegetation with an almost spectral glow in the late afternoon.
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| Location | Nipton, San Bernardino County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.466653°N, 115.27221°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92364 |
| Area Code | 909 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Nipton, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Nipton, California, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Nipton includes coordinates 35.466653°N, 115.272210°W, situated in San Bernardino County. ZIP code 92364. Telephone area code: 909. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
