Pico Rivera, California Weather
Pico Rivera, 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 Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Pico Rivera. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Pico Rivera is published on the Compton Woodley Airport (KCPM) page, 17 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 Pico Rivera 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 Pico Rivera: Long Beach International Airport (KLGB) 19 km · Los Alamitos Army Air Field (KSLI) 22 km · Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport (KHHR) 23 km · Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) 29 km · Zamperini Field (KTOA) 30 km
Conditions reported at KCPM describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pico Rivera specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Pico Rivera, California
Pico Rivera unfolds under the vast Los Angeles sky, a place where the San Gabriel River, though often a whisper in its concrete embrace, still dictates the subtle contours of the land. It lies 1.7 miles west-north-west of West Whittier-Los Nietos, CA (from West Whittier-Los Nietos, CA: bearing 287°T), and is situated 9.7 miles east-south-east of Los Angeles. The terrain here is a gentle, sun-baked plain, not far from the foothills that rise to the north, their ochre slopes catching the late afternoon light. Streets are laid out in a grid, a testament to planning, with houses that speak of generations of families, their gardens a riot of bougainvillea and citrus, a vibrant, enduring green against the ubiquitous pale stucco. The air, especially as the day cools, carries a faint, dry scent of dust and distant eucalyptus, a perfume unique to this part of Southern California, a quiet hum of life punctuated by the occasional distant siren or the drone of traffic on the freeways that stitch Pico Rivera to its neighbors. The history of Pico Rivera is deeply entwined with the fertile land that once sustained it, a legacy of ranches and agricultural abundance before the sprawl of the metropolis claimed its share. It was here that early settlers found rich soil, and the echoes of that past can still be felt in the names of streets and the enduring agricultural plots that persist against the urban tide. Today, the economy of Pico Rivera is a mosaic of light industrial parks, bustling retail centers, and small businesses that cater to a diverse population, a community that has welcomed people from many backgrounds, each adding their own thread to the local character. The spirit of the place is one of resilience and ongoing creation, a constant negotiation between the past and the relentless present, where the memory of open fields still breathes beneath the pavement.
Live animated radar for Pico Rivera 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 | Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.983069°N, 118.096735°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 90660, 90661, 90662 |
| Area Code | 310, 424 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pico Rivera, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pico Rivera, 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 Pico Rivera includes coordinates 33.983069°N, 118.096735°W, situated in Los Angeles County. ZIP code 90660, 90661, 90662. Telephone area code: 310, 424. 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.
