Paramount, California Weather
Paramount, 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 Paramount, Los Angeles County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Paramount. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Paramount is published on the Compton Woodley Airport (KCPM) page, 8 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 Paramount 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 Paramount: Long Beach International Airport (KLGB) 8 km · Los Alamitos Army Air Field (KSLI) 15 km · Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport (KHHR) 17 km · Zamperini Field (KTOA) 19 km · Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) 24 km
Conditions reported at KCPM describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Paramount specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Paramount, California
Paramount unfolds across a relatively flat expanse, a characteristic flatness that speaks of alluvial plains and the gentle, persistent work of water over millennia. It lies 2.5 miles west-north-west of Bellflower, CA (from Bellflower, CA: bearing 282°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north-north-east of Long Beach. The landscape here is a study in the suburban hum, a low-slung world of residential grids punctuated by commercial arteries, where the air often carries the faint, metallic tang of industry and the distant murmur of freeways. Palm trees, their fronds rustling like dry paper in the ever-present breeze, stand as stoic sentinels against the vast, often pale blue sky, their silhouettes softening the hard edges of development as the sun begins its slow descent, casting a warm, honeyed glow over rooftops and manicured lawns. This is a place with roots in the agricultural bounty of Southern California, a history stretching back to fields of lima beans and acres of citrus groves before the relentless march of suburbanization transformed its character. The local economy, once anchored by farming and later by burgeoning aerospace and manufacturing industries, now thrives on a diverse mix of retail, services, and light industrial enterprises, a testament to Paramount’s adaptability. The town carries a quiet pride, a sense of having built itself from the ground up, its neighborhoods reflecting generations of working families who have contributed to its distinctive, unpretentious spirit.
Live animated radar for Paramount 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 | Paramount, Los Angeles County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.88946°N, 118.159791°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 90723 |
| Area Code | 818, 747 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Paramount, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Paramount, 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 Paramount includes coordinates 33.889460°N, 118.159791°W, situated in Los Angeles County. ZIP code 90723. Telephone area code: 818, 747. 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.
