Ocotillo Wells, California Weather
Ocotillo Wells, 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 Wells, San Diego County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ocotillo Wells. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ocotillo Wells is published on the Salton Sea Airport (KSAS) page, 20 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 Wells 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 Wells: Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (KTRM) 54 km · El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field) (KNJK) 56 km · Cliff Hatfield Memorial Airport (KCLR) 57 km · Brawley Municipal Airport (KBWC) 60 km
Conditions reported at KSAS describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ocotillo Wells specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ocotillo Wells.
About Ocotillo Wells, California
Ocotillo Wells unfolds across a landscape of stark, sun-bleached beauty, where the earth itself seems to exhale a dry, mineral scent. It lies 36.8 miles west-north-west of Brawley, CA (from Brawley, CA: bearing 288°T), and is situated 14.8 miles south-west of Salton City. Canyons, etched by the patient hand of water and wind, carve their way through the tawny soil, their shadows deepening as the sun begins its slow descent. Scraggly ocotillo plants, their thorny arms reaching skyward like supplicants, punctuate the vastness, their vibrant green leaves a surprising, fleeting gift after the infrequent rains. The air, thin and often shimmering with heat, carries the distant rumble of off-road vehicles, a modern counterpoint to the ancient silence of the desert. Beyond the immediate expanse of sand and rock, the distant, hazy blue of mountains forms a formidable, yet distant, horizon. This is a place forged by necessity and a hardy spirit, its character shaped by the unforgiving but generous desert. The economy of Ocotillo Wells has long been tied to the land, first by prospectors searching for precious metals and later by those who found exhilaration in its rugged terrain. Today, a significant draw is the famed Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area, a vast playground for dune buggies, ATVs, and dirt bikes, their engines a constant hum that defines the modern soundscape. The very name speaks of the dominant flora, a subtle reminder of the resilient life that clings to this arid expanse. There are no grand boulevards or bustling plazas here; life in Ocotillo Wells moves at a pace dictated by the sun and the seasons, a testament to a different kind of wealth found in open space and elemental forces.
Live animated radar for Ocotillo Wells 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 Wells, San Diego County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.144489°N, 116.134174°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92004 |
| Area Code | 714 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ocotillo Wells, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ocotillo Wells, 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 Wells includes coordinates 33.144489°N, 116.134174°W, situated in San Diego County. ZIP code 92004. 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.
