Trona, California Weather
Trona, 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 Trona, San Bernardino County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Trona. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Trona is published on the China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport (KNID) page, 30 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 Trona 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 Trona: Inyokern Airport (KIYK) 43 km
Conditions reported at KNID describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Trona specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Trona.
About Trona, California
Trona rests at the edge of a vast, ancient lakebed, a place where the earth exhales a fine, pale dust that catches the sun in a perpetual haze. It lies 19.3 miles east-north-east of Ridgecrest, CA (from Ridgecrest, CA: bearing 60°T), and is situated 1.8 miles east of Searles Valley. The surrounding landscape is starkly beautiful, a palette of ochre, rust, and muted grey under an immense sky that shifts from an searing, pale blue at noon to a bruised lavender and fiery orange as the day relinquishes its grip. Jagged, volcanic hills, sculpted by eons of wind and water, form a rugged backdrop, their slopes studded with hardy creosote and brittlebush. The air itself feels thin and dry, carrying the faint, mineral tang of the earth. Here, life asserts itself with a quiet persistence, the sparse vegetation clinging to the alkali flats, and the distant shimmer of heat waves suggesting mirages that dance on the horizon. This is a land shaped by minerals and the relentless pursuit of their extraction. Trona’s story is inextricably linked to the Searles Lake basin, a geological marvel that has yielded borax, soda ash, and potash for over a century, fueling industries far beyond this remote corner of San Bernardino County. The hum of machinery, though distant, is a constant undertone, a reminder of the economic engine that has sustained Trona through boom and bust. The town itself is a testament to resilience, its modest homes and businesses reflecting a practical, no-nonsense character forged in the crucible of desert living. Local traditions are less about grand festivals and more about shared experiences under the vast, star-dusted nights – the quiet camaraderie of neighbors, the shared understanding of a life lived close to the elemental forces of the earth.
Live animated radar for Trona 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 | Trona, San Bernardino County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.762732°N, 117.372835°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93562, 93592, 92328 |
| Area Code | 760, 909 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Trona, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Trona, 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 Trona includes coordinates 35.762732°N, 117.372835°W, situated in San Bernardino County. ZIP code 93562, 93592, 92328. Telephone area code: 760, 909. 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.
