Ocotillo, California Weather
Ocotillo, 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 Ocotillo, Imperial County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ocotillo. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ocotillo is published on the El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field) (KNJK) page, 32 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. 5 airfields within reach of Ocotillo 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 Ocotillo: Imperial County Airport (KIPL) 41 km · Calexico International Airport (KCXL) 46 km · Brawley Municipal Airport (KBWC) 53 km · Salton Sea Airport (KSAS) 56 km
Conditions reported at KNJK describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ocotillo specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ocotillo.
About Ocotillo, California
Ocotillo rests in a wide basin, a place where the earth stretches and breathes under a vast, indifferent sky. It lies 25.3 miles west of El Centro, CA (from El Centro, CA: bearing 262°T), and is situated 18.0 miles west-south-west of Seeley. The land here is a study in muted tones, ochre and pale gold giving way to the dusty green of resilient scrub. Jagged mountains, softened by distance and the haze of heat, form a rugged horizon, their peaks catching the sun with a stark, ancient beauty. The air itself feels dry and thin, carrying the faint, dry scent of creosote and sun-baked earth. Even the silence here has a texture, a profound quiet broken only by the whisper of wind across the alluvial fans and the distant, almost mournful cry of a hawk. This is a place shaped by water, or the lack of it, a land that remembers the ancient rivers that once carved through its expanse. Ocotillo’s lifeblood has long been tied to the flow of water, both from the earth and from the distant mountains, fueling agriculture that paints improbable stripes of green against the desert's canvas. Its history is one of hardy souls who learned to coax life from this unforgiving soil, a legacy etched into the weathered facades of its few buildings. The economy, though small, is rooted in this enduring connection to the land, a quiet testament to persistence in a landscape that demands respect and resilience.
Live animated radar for Ocotillo 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 | Ocotillo, Imperial County, California |
| Coordinates | 32.738671°N, 115.99418°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92259 |
| Area Code | 714 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ocotillo, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ocotillo, 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 Ocotillo includes coordinates 32.738671°N, 115.994180°W, situated in Imperial County. ZIP code 92259. 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.
