Piru, California Weather
Piru, 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 Piru, Ventura County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Piru. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Piru is published on the Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) page, 36 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. 4 airfields within reach of Piru 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 Piru: Whiteman Airport (KWHP) 39 km · Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport (KBUR) 46 km · Santa Monica Municipal Airport (KSMO) 54 km
Conditions reported at KVNY describe the airfield itself. Weather 36 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Piru specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Piru.
About Piru, California
Piru unfolds against a backdrop of rugged hills, their tawny slopes often dusted with the muted greens of chaparral and the occasional, stubborn oak. It lies 10.1 miles north of Simi Valley, CA (from Simi Valley, CA: bearing 356°T), and is situated 7.2 miles east of Fillmore. The Santa Clara River, a ribbon of sometimes-trickling, sometimes-surging water, carves a broad path through the valley floor, its course marked by a more verdant tapestry of cottonwoods and willows, a stark contrast to the sun-baked earth beyond. The air here carries a dry, sweet scent, a mix of warmed dust and the faint perfume of wild sage, especially potent in the lingering heat of late afternoon. Houses, many painted in cheerful, faded colors, cluster along streets shaded by mature trees, lending Piru a sense of enduring, unhurried life. The history of Piru is deeply entwined with the fertile lands it commands, once a significant hub for citrus and avocado cultivation that fed distant markets. This agricultural legacy, though somewhat diminished by changing economic tides, still whispers through the landscape, evident in the weathered farmhouses and the quiet dignity of the old packing sheds. The town’s past is also touched by the legacy of the railroad, a lifeline that once pulsed with the movement of goods and people, its ghost still felt in the straight, open lines of the surrounding terrain. Today, Piru retains a distinctive character, a place where the pace of life feels governed by the slow arc of the sun and the gentle murmur of the river, a quiet corner of the county content in its own enduring rhythm.
Live animated radar for Piru 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 | Piru, Ventura County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.415274°N, 118.793982°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93040 |
| Area Code | 805 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Piru, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Piru, 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 Piru includes coordinates 34.415274°N, 118.793982°W, situated in Ventura County. ZIP code 93040. 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.
