Tehachapi, California Weather
Tehachapi, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Tehachapi, Kern County.
Full aviation weather for Tehachapi is published on the Tehachapi Municipal Airport (KTSP) page, 1 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 Tehachapi 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 Tehachapi: Mountain Valley Airport (KL94) 4 km · Mojave Air & Space Port (KMHV) 29 km · Rosamond Skypark Airport (KL00) 36 km · California City Municipal Airport (KL71) 39 km · General William J Fox Airfield (KWJF) 48 km
Conditions reported at KTSP describe the airfield itself. Weather 1 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Tehachapi specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Tehachapi.
About Tehachapi, California
Tehachapi’s high desert plateau, a broad sweep of ochre and sagebrush, rises to meet the imposing, rugged curves of the Tehachapi Mountains. It lies 32.0 miles east-south-east of East Niles, CA (from East Niles, CA: bearing 122°T), and is situated 2.4 miles east-south-east of Golden Hills. The air here, crisp and carrying the faint, dry scent of sun-baked earth and wild lavender, often possesses a startling clarity, revealing the distant, craggy peaks in stark relief. Below this vast, cerulean dome, the land rolls in a series of gentle slopes and shallow draws, a terrain shaped by wind and millennia of infrequent, but potent, rains. Occasional clusters of hardy oaks, their branches twisted by the prevailing winds, punctuate the landscape, providing scant but welcome shade. This elevated basin, once traversed by indigenous peoples and later by westward pioneers, found its modern identity tied to the railroad, specifically the engineering marvel of Tehachapi Pass, a crucial link connecting the fertile valleys to the north and south. The local economy, though diversified, still bears the imprint of its agricultural roots, with vast fields of golden grain and almonds stretching towards the horizon, their cultivation a testament to the ingenuity required to coax life from this arid soil. Today, Tehachapi also embraces a more contemporary character, with a growing presence in renewable energy, particularly wind power, where towering turbines now dot the higher ridges, their slow, deliberate revolutions a modern counterpoint to the ancient rhythms of the land. The twilight here is particularly arresting, as the sun dips below the western mountains, casting long, indigo shadows and painting the sky in hues of rose and apricot, a quiet spectacle that defines the close of day in Tehachapi.
Live animated radar for Tehachapi 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 | Tehachapi, Kern County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.132188°N, 118.448974°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93561, 93581 |
| Area Code | 760 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Tehachapi, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tehachapi, 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 Tehachapi includes coordinates 35.132188°N, 118.448974°W, situated in Kern County. ZIP code 93561, 93581. 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.
