Potomac Park, California Weather
Potomac Park, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Potomac Park, Kern County.
Full aviation weather for Potomac Park is published on the Meadows Field (KBFL) page, 12 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 Potomac Park 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 Potomac Park: Shafter Airport - Minter Field (KMIT) 26 km · Poso Kern County Airport (KL73) 30 km · Wasco Kern County Airport (KL19) 46 km · Elk Hills Buttonwillow Airport (KL62) 47 km · Delano Municipal Airport (KDLO) 49 km
Conditions reported at KBFL describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Potomac Park specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Potomac Park, California
Potomac Park unfolds across a broad, sun-baked plain, where the earth, a rich ochre, stretches towards distant, hazy mountains that seem to float on the horizon. It lies 1.7 miles west-south-west of East Niles, CA (from East Niles, CA: bearing 243°T), and is situated 3.4 miles east of Bakersfield. The air, dry and carrying the faint, sweet scent of sun-warmed dust and distant agriculture, hums with the quiet industry of the land. Here, the sky is a vast, unyielding blue during the day, softening into a bruised lavender and fiery orange at dusk, painting the sparse, hardy vegetation in hues of gold and deep shadow. The landscape itself feels ancient, a testament to geological forces that have shaped its subtle contours, where low, rolling hills give way to flatter expanses, all under the immense, watchful eye of the California sun. The history of Potomac Park is inextricably tied to the fertile, yet often unforgiving, land it occupies. Once a place of arid scrub and sparse ranches, its character was profoundly altered by the advent of irrigation, transforming it into a vital hub for agricultural production. Cotton fields and orchards now define much of the surrounding terrain, their ordered rows a stark contrast to the wilder beauty of the natural landscape. The local economy, deeply rooted in farming and the processing of its bounty, moves at a deliberate, seasonal pace, a rhythm understood by those who work the soil. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring spirit of resilience and adaptation, born from generations of taming this powerful landscape, is the true, unspoken landmark of Potomac Park.
Live animated radar for Potomac Park 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.
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| Location | Potomac Park, Kern County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.364996°N, 118.958658°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93307 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Potomac Park, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Potomac Park, 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 Potomac Park includes coordinates 35.364996°N, 118.958658°W, situated in Kern County. ZIP code 93307. Telephone area code: 661. 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.
