North Hills, California Weather
North Hills, 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 North Hills, Los Angeles County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near North Hills. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for North Hills is published on the Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) page, 3 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 North Hills 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 North Hills: Whiteman Airport (KWHP) 7 km · Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport (KBUR) 12 km · Santa Monica Municipal Airport (KSMO) 25 km · San Gabriel Valley Airport (KEMT) 45 km · Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 Airport (KPMD) 57 km
Conditions reported at KVNY describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at North Hills specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About North Hills, California
North Hills unfolds across the gentle, sun-baked slopes of the San Fernando Valley, a landscape where the urban sprawl meets the foothills of the Santa Susana Mountains. It lies 2.2 miles west-north-west of Panorama City, CA (from Panorama City, CA: bearing 292°T), and is situated 4.0 miles north-north-west of Van Nuys. Here, the air often carries the faint, dry scent of chaparral and eucalyptus, especially as the day begins to cool and the shadows lengthen across the stucco homes and tidy gardens. The terrain itself is a study in subtle shifts, a series of low ridges and shallower valleys that give the impression of a land that has been smoothed by time rather than violently shaped. The sky above North Hills is a vast canvas, often a pale, hazy blue during the day, transforming into a breathtaking spectacle of orange and violet at sunset, reflecting off the windows of the modest buildings and casting a warm glow on the quiet streets. Historically, North Hills, like much of the San Fernando Valley, was once part of a vast agricultural expanse, its fertile soil yielding crops under the California sun. Its development as a residential area accelerated in the mid-20th century, drawing families to its more affordable housing and promising a suburban idyll. The local economy, while now diversified, still retains echoes of that past, with a blend of retail, service industries, and smaller commercial enterprises catering to the needs of its residents. While no grand monuments mark its presence, the everyday life of North Hills is its character – a steady hum of activity, the distant chirping of birds in the morning, and the quiet closing of garage doors at dusk, a testament to a community that has found its footing in the expansive embrace of Los Angeles County.
Live animated radar for North Hills 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 | North Hills, Los Angeles County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.236389°N, 118.484722°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 91343, 91393 |
| Area Code | 626 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This North Hills, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for North Hills, 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 North Hills includes coordinates 34.236389°N, 118.484722°W, situated in Los Angeles County. ZIP code 91343, 91393. Telephone area code: 626. 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.
