Red Mountain, California Weather
Red Mountain, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Red Mountain, San Bernardino County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Red Mountain.
About Red Mountain, California
Red Mountain rises from the Mojave Desert floor, a stark sentinel against an impossibly wide sky. It lies 18.5 miles south of Ridgecrest, CA (from Ridgecrest, CA: bearing 171°T), and is situated 26.3 miles north-east of California City. Its slopes are a study in ochre and rust, a palette scraped by wind and sun, where hardy creosote bushes cling to the parched earth and the occasional cholla cactus stands like a bristled sentinel. The air here carries a dry, mineral tang, a scent of ancient stone and endless expanse, and the silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind through sparse, tough grasses and the distant, mournful cry of a hawk circling high above. The land is unforgiving, yet possesses a raw, elemental beauty, a grandeur found in its vastness and the subtle shifts of light that paint its contours in ever-changing hues from dawn's pale blush to dusk's fiery embrace. The history of Red Mountain is etched in the very dust that blows across its barren plains, a legacy of prospectors who once scoured its veins for precious metals, their hopes and hardships now as faded as the rusting relics of their endeavors. Though the boom days are long past, a quiet resilience defines the spirit of Red Mountain. The local economy, once driven by the earth's buried treasures, now finds its footing in the hardy agriculture that can coax sustenance from this arid land, and in the steady, unhurried rhythm of those who have chosen to call this starkly beautiful place home. A distinctive character is found in the enduring spirit of its inhabitants, a quiet fortitude forged in the crucible of the desert, and in the vast, unpopulated vistas that stretch to the horizon, a constant reminder of the wild, untamed heart of this land.
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| Location | Red Mountain, San Bernardino County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.358297°N, 117.616726°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93558 |
| Area Code | 760 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Red Mountain, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Red Mountain, California, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Red Mountain includes coordinates 35.358297°N, 117.616726°W, situated in San Bernardino County. ZIP code 93558. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
