San Lucas, California Weather
San Lucas, 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 Lucas, Monterey County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near San Lucas. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for San Lucas is published on the Mesa Del Rey Airport (KKIC) page, 14 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KKIC describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at San Lucas specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for San Lucas.
About San Lucas, California
San Lucas breathes a quiet dignity under the wide Monterey County sky, a place where the land itself seems to hum with a patient energy. It lies 26.5 miles south of San Benito, CA (from San Benito, CA: bearing 173°T), and is situated 8.3 miles south-east of King City. Here, rolling hills, dusted with the gold of dry grasses in the summer and softened by the muted greens of winter, descend towards the Salinas Valley floor. The air, often carrying the faint scent of ripening fruit and the distant promise of the coast, possesses a clarity that sharpens the edges of the distant mountains, their contours etched against the brilliant blue. Sunlight, especially in the late afternoon, spills across the fields in molten rivulets, highlighting the intricate patterns of cultivation and the occasional cluster of sturdy farm buildings that punctuate the landscape. The history of San Lucas is written in its soil, a legacy tied to the fertile earth that has sustained it for generations. Once a vital stop along the Southern Pacific Railroad, this agricultural heartland has long been a producer of the region's bounty, from vibrant strawberries to robust artichokes. The economy of San Lucas remains deeply rooted in its agricultural heritage, with family farms continuing to cultivate the land that has been their livelihood. This enduring connection to the earth lends San Lucas a grounded character, a sense of place that feels both timeless and intimately connected to the cycles of nature.
Live animated radar for San Lucas 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 Lucas, Monterey County, California |
| Coordinates | 36.128855°N, 121.020467°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93954 |
| Area Code | 760 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This San Lucas, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for San Lucas, 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 Lucas includes coordinates 36.128855°N, 121.020467°W, situated in Monterey County. ZIP code 93954. 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.
