Orcutt, California Weather
Orcutt, 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 Orcutt, Santa Barbara County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Orcutt. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Orcutt is published on the Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field (KSMX) page, 4 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 Orcutt 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 Orcutt: Vandenberg Space Force Base (KVBG) 20 km · Lompoc Airport (KLPC) 22 km · Oceano County Airport (KL52) 31 km · Santa Ynez Airport (KIZA) 44 km · San Luis County Regional Airport (KSBP) 45 km
Conditions reported at KSMX describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Orcutt specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Orcutt, California
Orcutt unfolds across the rolling, sun-baked hills of the Santa Maria Valley, a landscape etched with the subtle contours of agricultural abundance. It lies 6.1 miles south of Santa Maria, CA (from Santa Maria, CA: bearing 180°T), and is situated 6.1 miles south of Santa María. The air here carries a dry, earthy scent, a blend of chaparral and the distant promise of ripening fruit, a fragrance that seems to cling to the very skin. Oaks, gnarled and ancient, punctuate the slopes, their branches reaching like arthritic fingers towards a sky that often burns a brilliant, unyielding blue. The land breathes a quiet resilience, a testament to seasons of heat and the occasional, life-giving rain. This place, Orcutt, carries the deep imprint of its oil-rich past, a history that once pulsed with the rhythm of drilling rigs and the fortunes they unearthed. Though the derricks have largely receded, the legacy remains, a subtle undercurrent beneath the more visible agricultural economy that now defines its character. Fields of strawberries and other produce stretch out like vibrant carpets, their bounty a constant hum of labor and harvest. The town itself retains a sense of grounded practicality, a place where life unfolds with a steady, unhurried cadence, marked by the gentle glow of streetlights against the deepening twilight and the distant murmur of conversations drifting from open doorways.
Live animated radar for Orcutt 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 | Orcutt, Santa Barbara County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.865257°N, 120.435997°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93455 |
| Area Code | 805 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Orcutt, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Orcutt, 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 Orcutt includes coordinates 34.865257°N, 120.435997°W, situated in Santa Barbara County. ZIP code 93455. Telephone area code: 805. 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.
