Rio Bravo, California Weather
Rio Bravo, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rio Bravo, Kern County.
Full aviation weather for Rio Bravo is published on the Shafter Airport - Minter Field (KMIT) page, 15 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 Rio Bravo 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 Rio Bravo: Elk Hills Buttonwillow Airport (KL62) 18 km · Meadows Field (KBFL) 22 km · Wasco Kern County Airport (KL19) 25 km · Poso Kern County Airport (KL73) 27 km · Taft Kern County Airport (KL17) 32 km
Conditions reported at KMIT describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rio Bravo specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rio Bravo.
About Rio Bravo, California
Rio Bravo lies cradled by the arid foothills that gently slope towards the Kern River, a ribbon of life cutting through the sun-baked landscape of Kern County. It lies 13.8 miles south-south-east of Wasco, CA (from Wasco, CA: bearing 168°T), and is situated 7.2 miles south of Shafter. The land here is a study in muted earth tones: dusty ochre, pale sage, and the bleached bone-white of sun-bleached scrub. Mesquite and creosote bushes cling tenaciously to the sparse soil, their gnarled branches reaching out like supplicating hands against the vast, indifferent sky. In the late afternoon, the light softens, casting long, languid shadows that pool in the hollows of the terrain, lending a fleeting, ethereal beauty to the rough-hewn country. The air itself carries a dry, persistent warmth, punctuated by the chirping of unseen insects and the occasional, startling call of a hawk circling overhead. The history of Rio Bravo is inextricably linked to the fertile banks of the Kern River and the subsequent thirst of agriculture. Once a vital artery for Native American tribes and later a waypoint for early settlers, the area gradually transformed into a hub for the burgeoning fruit and vegetable industries that define the southern San Joaquin Valley. The economy, deeply rooted in the rich alluvial soil, still relies on the bounty of its orchards and fields, with citrus groves and vineyards stretching towards the horizon. While large-scale development has largely bypassed this particular stretch, the enduring spirit of industriousness remains, a quiet testament to the generations who have coaxed sustenance from this demanding, yet ultimately rewarding, land.
Live animated radar for Rio Bravo 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 | Rio Bravo, Kern County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.398016°N, 119.290944°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93314, 93308 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rio Bravo, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rio Bravo, 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 Rio Bravo includes coordinates 35.398016°N, 119.290944°W, situated in Kern County. ZIP code 93314, 93308. 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.
