Searles Valley, California Weather
Searles Valley, 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 Searles Valley, San Bernardino County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Searles Valley. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Searles Valley is published on the China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport (KNID) page, 28 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. 2 airfields within reach of Searles Valley 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 Searles Valley: Inyokern Airport (KIYK) 40 km
Conditions reported at KNID describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Searles Valley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Searles Valley.
About Searles Valley, California
Searles Valley lies under a vast, indifferent sky, a place where the earth seems to hold its breath. It lies 18.0 miles north-east of Ridgecrest, CA (from Ridgecrest, CA: bearing 56°T), and is situated 22.0 miles east-north-east of China Lake Acres. The landscape is a study in muted tones, a vast expanse of pale, cracked earth stretching towards distant, hazy mountains. Salt flats, bleached by relentless sun, shimmer with an almost ethereal luminescence, broken only by the stark, skeletal remains of long-abandoned structures. The air here is dry and thin, carrying the faint, metallic tang of minerals, and the silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind across the barren ground. Sparse, hardy scrub clings to the edges of the valley, their dusty leaves a testament to resilience in this unforgiving environment. The history of Searles Valley is intrinsically tied to the mineral wealth that lies beneath its surface, a legacy etched into the very character of the place. For generations, the extraction of borax and other valuable salts has been the lifeblood of the scattered settlements that dot the valley floor. The rhythmic clang of machinery, though now largely diminished, once echoed across these plains, a soundtrack to a booming industry that shaped the fortunes of those who dared to eke out a living from this austere terrain. Evidence of this industrial past is everywhere, from the weathered remnants of mining operations to the enduring spirit of perseverance in the few hardy souls who still call Searles Valley home, their lives a quiet continuation of a hard-won heritage.
Live animated radar for Searles Valley 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 | Searles Valley, San Bernardino County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.767454°N, 117.403947°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93562 |
| Area Code | 760 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Searles Valley, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Searles Valley, 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 Searles Valley includes coordinates 35.767454°N, 117.403947°W, situated in San Bernardino County. ZIP code 93562. 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.
