Soda Springs, California Weather
Soda Springs, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Soda Springs, Tulare County.
Full aviation weather for Soda Springs is published on the Porterville Municipal Airport (KPTV) page, 27 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 Soda Springs 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 Soda Springs: Kern Valley Airport (KL05) 46 km · Woodlake Airport (KO42) 51 km · Mefford Field (KTLR) 53 km · Delano Municipal Airport (KDLO) 54 km · Poso Kern County Airport (KL73) 59 km
Conditions reported at KPTV describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Soda Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Soda Springs.
About Soda Springs, California
Soda Springs rests at the foot of the Sierra Nevada foothills, a place where the land begins to soften its rugged incline into gentler slopes carpeted with sagebrush and scattered live oaks. It lies 14.6 miles east of Porterville, CA (from Porterville, CA: bearing 97°T), and is situated 7.1 miles south-south-east of Springville. The air here carries a dry, mineral tang, a subtle whisper from the very earth that gives the locality its name, and the light, especially in the late afternoon, has a way of clinging to the golden grasses, lending them an almost ethereal luminescence. The landscape is a study in muted earth tones, punctuated by the deep green of hardy shrubs and the pale, sun-bleached skeletons of long-dead branches, all under a sky that often stretches out in an expansive, unbroken blue. The terrain itself hints at a long, slow shaping by wind and water, a patient sculpting rather than a dramatic upheaval. The history of Soda Springs is intrinsically tied to the natural effervescence that bubbles forth from the ground, a peculiar geological quirk that once drew prospectors and travelers seeking its purported curative properties. While the grand days of mineral springs resorts have largely faded, the spirit of resourceful self-sufficiency endures, reflected in the small farms and ranches that dot the surrounding land, their fields irrigated by water drawn from the same ancient aquifers. The local economy, though modest, is sustained by agriculture, primarily the cultivation of almonds and grapes that thrive in the region's warm, dry climate, and a quiet hum of activity can be heard from the agricultural processing facilities that dot the outskirts of Soda Springs. The town itself, a collection of sturdy buildings that seem to have weathered more than a few seasons, retains a sense of unhurried permanence, a place where the passage of time is measured less by the clock and more by the slow turning of the earth and the predictable cycles of the sun.
Live animated radar for Soda Springs 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.
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| Location | Soda Springs, Tulare County, California |
| Coordinates | 36.039116°N, 118.758146°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96162, 95415, 93257, 95728 |
| Area Code | 661, 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Soda Springs, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Soda Springs, 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 Soda Springs includes coordinates 36.039116°N, 118.758146°W, situated in Tulare County. ZIP code 96162, 95415, 93257, 95728. Telephone area code: 661, 530. 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.
