San Benito, California Weather
San Benito, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for San Benito, San Benito County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near San Benito. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for San Benito is published on the Mesa Del Rey Airport (KKIC) page, 32 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 Benito 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 Benito: Salinas Municipal Airport (KSNS) 50 km · Hollister Municipal Airport (KCVH) 52 km
Conditions reported at KKIC describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at San Benito specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About San Benito, California
San Benito lies in a broad valley, a fertile crescent carved into the earth by ancient forces and fed by the San Benito River, its waters reflecting the vast, often startlingly blue sky. It lies 14.8 miles east-north-east of Soledad, CA (from Soledad, CA: bearing 67°T), and is situated 15.9 miles north-east of Greenfield. The surrounding hills, cloaked in a dry, golden scrub that turns a vibrant green after the rains, rise in gentle undulations towards the horizon, their slopes etched with the deep gullies of seasonal creeks. The air here carries a dry, almost dusty scent, mingling with the fainter, sweet perfume of ripening fruit and the distant, earthy tang of livestock. Sunlight, especially in the late afternoon, washes over the landscape in a thick, honeyed light, transforming the ordinary into something almost luminous, a quality that seems to settle over San Benito like a fine, invisible dust. The economy of San Benito has long been tethered to the bounty of its soil, a legacy stretching back to the Spanish missions and the rancho era, when vast tracts of land were dedicated to cattle ranching. Today, vineyards stretch across the valley floor, their neat rows a testament to the region's agricultural prowess, producing wines that find their way to tables far beyond the valley's embrace. The river, though sometimes receding to a whisper in the dry summer months, remains the lifeblood, a constant reminder of nature's influence on the fortunes of San Benito. Its history is a quiet one, marked by the steady work of generations, a succession of farmers and ranchers who understood the land and its rhythms, building a character for San Benito that is one of quiet resilience and enduring connection to the earth.
Live animated radar for San Benito 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 Benito, San Benito County, California |
| Coordinates | 36.509685°N, 121.08186°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95043, 95023 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This San Benito, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for San Benito, 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 Benito includes coordinates 36.509685°N, 121.081860°W, situated in San Benito County. ZIP code 95043, 95023. Telephone area code: 408, 669. 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.
