Paicines, California Weather
Paicines, 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 Paicines, San Benito County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Paicines. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Paicines is published on the Hollister Municipal Airport (KCVH) page, 22 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 Paicines 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 Paicines: Salinas Municipal Airport (KSNS) 30 km · Marina Municipal Airport (KOAR) 43 km · Watsonville Municipal Airport (KWVI) 51 km · Los Banos Municipal Airport (KLSN) 52 km · Monterey Regional Airport (KMRY) 53 km
Conditions reported at KCVH describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Paicines specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Paicines.
About Paicines, California
Paicines lies in a valley where the sun’s benediction seems to linger longer, casting a warm, golden hue across rolling hills that soften into the distance. It lies 10.9 miles south-east of Hollister, CA (from Hollister, CA: bearing 141°T), and is situated 7.5 miles south-east of Ridgemark. The air here carries a dry, herbal scent, a whisper of wild sage and sun-baked earth, mingling with the distant murmur of unseen creeks. Oak trees, ancient and broad-limbed, punctuate the landscape like patient sentinels, their branches reaching towards a sky that often holds the breathtaking clarity of a painter’s canvas. The very contours of the land suggest a quiet resilience, a gentle unfolding of terrain that has witnessed the slow passage of seasons, each leaving its subtle mark on the earth. The history of Paicines is deeply entwined with the fertile lands that surround it, an agricultural heartland that has sustained livelihoods for generations. Ranching and farming have long been the keystones of its economy, the bounty of the earth harvested under the expansive California sky. This is a place where the past is not a forgotten echo but a living undercurrent, felt in the weathered barns and the enduring spirit of its people. While the world beyond may rush, Paicines moves to a different cadence, one dictated by the turning of the soil and the quiet dignity of hard work, a distinctive character etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring rhythm of daily life.
Live animated radar for Paicines 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 | Paicines, San Benito County, California |
| Coordinates | 36.728571°N, 121.278541°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95043 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Paicines, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Paicines, 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 Paicines includes coordinates 36.728571°N, 121.278541°W, situated in San Benito County. ZIP code 95043. Telephone area code: 408, 669. 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.
