Sunland, California Weather
Sunland, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sunland, Tulare County.
Full aviation weather for Sunland is published on the Porterville Municipal Airport (KPTV) page, 7 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 Sunland 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 Sunland: Mefford Field (KTLR) 34 km · Delano Municipal Airport (KDLO) 38 km · Woodlake Airport (KO42) 43 km · Poso Kern County Airport (KL73) 49 km · Visalia Municipal Airport (KVIS) 49 km
Conditions reported at KPTV describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sunland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sunland.
About Sunland, California
Sunland lies in a land where the foothills of the Sierra Nevada begin their gentle sag towards the Central Valley, a place where the air, especially as the sun dips low, carries the dry, clean scent of sun-baked earth and distant pine. It lies 3.5 miles south-south-east of Porterville, CA (from Porterville, CA: bearing 147°T), and is situated 2.4 miles south of East Porterville. The landscape here is a study in muted greens and ochres, a palette painted by a climate that knows the sting of frost and the relentless embrace of summer heat. Rolling hills, often dusted with a fine, golden stubble after the harvest, give way to flatter expanses where irrigation ditches, like silver threads, stitch the fields together. The character of Sunland is that of a place that has learned to endure, its buildings sturdy and practical, their paint often faded by the persistent sunlight, reflecting a quiet resilience. The history of Sunland is inextricably linked to the bounty of the land, a story of agriculture deeply etched into its identity. For generations, this region has been a fertile ground for the cultivation of fruits and nuts, a local economy built on the patient labor of tending orchards and fields. The air itself seems to hum with the quiet industry of irrigation pumps and the distant rumble of agricultural machinery, a constant, low-grade symphony of cultivation. It’s a place that remembers the dust of old dirt roads and the slow, deliberate growth of trees that now yield their plentiful harvest, a tradition carried forward with a steadfast, unpretentious pride.
Live animated radar for Sunland 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 | Sunland, Tulare County, California |
| Coordinates | 36.022452°N, 118.982322°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 91042, 93257, 91040 |
| Area Code | 661, 310, 424 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sunland, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sunland, 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 Sunland includes coordinates 36.022452°N, 118.982322°W, situated in Tulare County. ZIP code 91042, 93257, 91040. Telephone area code: 661, 310, 424. 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.
