Randsburg, California Weather
Randsburg, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Randsburg, Kern County.
Full aviation weather for Randsburg is published on the China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport (KNID) page, 35 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 Randsburg 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 Randsburg: Inyokern Airport (KIYK) 36 km · California City Municipal Airport (KL71) 40 km · Edwards Af Aux North Base Airport (K9L2) 46 km · Edwards Air Force Base (KEDW) 55 km · Mojave Air & Space Port (KMHV) 56 km
Conditions reported at KNID describe the airfield itself. Weather 35 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Randsburg specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Randsburg.
About Randsburg, California
Randsburg rises from the stark, sun-baked expanse like a mirage made solid, a scattering of weathered buildings clinging to the ochre earth. It lies 17.6 miles south of Ridgecrest, CA (from Ridgecrest, CA: bearing 178°T), and is situated 19.7 miles south-south-east of China Lake Acres. The Mojave Desert air, thin and dry, carries the grit of ages, and the vast, indifferent sky presses down, a dome of relentless blue that bleaches the very color from the scrubby creosote and brittlebush. Distant mountains, their ridges softened by haze, form a broken horizon, and the silence here is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind through skeletal Joshua trees and the occasional, startling clatter of loose tin. The landscape itself feels ancient, a canvas etched by sun and wind, where even the shadows seem to hold a certain heat. This is a place born of hard rock and harder dreams, where the discovery of gold in the late 19th century sparked a boom that briefly transformed the desolation into a bustling mining camp. For a time, Randsburg pulsed with the frantic energy of prospectors, assay offices, and saloons, its fortunes tied to the subterranean veins of precious metal. Though the mines have long since quieted, the echoes of that frenetic past persist in the sturdy, if faded, architecture and the resilient spirit of its inhabitants. Today, Randsburg endures as a testament to the allure of the desert frontier, its economy now a gentle hum of tourism, antique shops, and a deep-seated connection to the mining heritage that shaped its very bones.
Live animated radar for Randsburg 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 | Randsburg, Kern County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.368574°N, 117.658116°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93554 |
| Area Code | 760 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Randsburg, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Randsburg, 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 Randsburg includes coordinates 35.368574°N, 117.658116°W, situated in Kern County. ZIP code 93554. Telephone area code: 760. 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.
