San Ardo, California Weather
San Ardo, 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 San Ardo, Monterey County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near San Ardo. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for San Ardo is published on the Mesa Del Rey Airport (KKIC) page, 30 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. 3 airfields within reach of San Ardo 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 San Ardo: Paso Robles Municipal Airport (KPRB) 46 km · New Coalinga Municipal Airport (KC80) 57 km
Conditions reported at KKIC describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at San Ardo specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for San Ardo.
About San Ardo, California
San Ardo rests in a long, sun-baked valley, a place where the land itself seems to breathe a slow, steady rhythm. It lies 29.7 miles north-north-west of Paso Robles, CA (from Paso Robles, CA: bearing 336°T), and is situated 18.1 miles south-east of King City. Rolling hills, cloaked in the muted greens and ochres of dry grasses, rise on either side, their slopes etched with the faint lines of ancient watercourses. The air here, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a dry warmth, a scent of dust and sun-baked earth, and the faintest whisper of eucalyptus from distant groves. The Salinas River, a silver thread in the landscape, winds its way through the valley floor, its banks often bordered by cottonwoods that offer a fleeting, verdant contrast to the prevailing arid tones. The sky above San Ardo is a vast, uninterrupted canvas, its blue deepening to an impossible indigo as dusk approaches, sometimes punctuated by the slow, deliberate flight of a hawk. The history of San Ardo is deeply entwined with the earth and its bounty, particularly its agricultural heritage. For generations, the fertile valley soil has sustained farming, with crops like lettuce and strawberries once gracing these fields, though the economic landscape has shifted. Today, the legacy of oil and gas extraction plays a significant role in the local economy, its quiet hum a subtle counterpoint to the rustling of the dry grasses. The remnants of past prosperity can sometimes be glimpsed in the weathered facades of older buildings, hints of a time when the valley was perhaps more densely populated with agricultural endeavors. San Ardo’s character is one of quiet resilience, a place that has adapted to the changing tides of industry and agriculture, holding onto its sense of place amidst the expansive, open country.
Live animated radar for San Ardo 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 | San Ardo, Monterey County, California |
| Coordinates | 36.020521°N, 120.905183°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93450 |
| Area Code | 805 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This San Ardo, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for San Ardo, 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 San Ardo includes coordinates 36.020521°N, 120.905183°W, situated in Monterey County. ZIP code 93450. 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.
