Shafter, California Weather
Shafter, 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 Shafter, Marin County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Shafter. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Shafter is published on the Marin County Airport - Gnoss Field (KDVO) page, 20 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 Shafter 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 Shafter: Napa County Airport (KAPC) 44 km · San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) 52 km · Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (KOAK) 53 km · Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport (KSTS) 57 km · Buchanan Field (KCCR) 57 km
Conditions reported at KDVO describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Shafter specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Shafter.
About Shafter, California
Shafter, a sun-kissed pocket of Marin County, exhales a quiet resilience against the rolling coastal hills. It lies 9.9 miles west-north-west of San Rafael, CA (from San Rafael, CA: bearing 282°T), and is situated 8.3 miles west-north-west of San Anselmo. The land here is a mosaic of ochre and sage, broken by the deep, shadowed ravines that channel the winter rains down towards the unseen Pacific. Oak woodlands, ancient and gnarled, cling to the slopes, their branches reaching like supplicating arms towards a sky that often blazes with an intense, crystalline blue. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a faint, salty tang, a whisper of the ocean that lies beyond the immediate, more terrestrial embrace of the landscape, and a subtle, earthy scent of dry grass and sun-baked soil. This is a place where the echoes of California's ranching past still resonate, though the fields that once fed vast herds now mostly lie fallow or are given over to more specialized agriculture, a testament to the enduring spirit of cultivation. The economy of Shafter has always been tied to the land, its fortunes waxing and waning with the seasons and the market. It’s a quiet livelihood, far removed from the clamor of larger cities, where the rhythm of life is dictated by the slow turn of the sun and the dependable, if sometimes challenging, generosity of the earth. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling tourist hubs, but a deep-seated sense of place, etched into the very contour of the hills and the weathered facades of the few scattered homes.
Live animated radar for Shafter 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 | Shafter, Marin County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.004368°N, 122.708598°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 94941, 93263 |
| Area Code | 510, 661 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Shafter, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shafter, 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 Shafter includes coordinates 38.004368°N, 122.708598°W, situated in Marin County. ZIP code 94941, 93263. Telephone area code: 510, 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.
