Valley Wells, California Weather
Valley Wells, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Valley Wells, Inyo County.
Full aviation weather for Valley Wells is published on the China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport (KNID) page, 36 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 Valley Wells 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 Valley Wells: Inyokern Airport (KIYK) 49 km
Conditions reported at KNID describe the airfield itself. Weather 36 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Valley Wells specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Valley Wells.
About Valley Wells, California
Valley Wells lies under a sky of boundless, pale blue, a vast expanse that bleeds into the horizon with a shimmering, heat-hazed intensity. It lies 23.8 miles north-east of Ridgecrest, CA (from Ridgecrest, CA: bearing 53°T), and is situated 5.8 miles north-east of Searles Valley. The landscape here is a study in stark beauty, a raw, elemental canvas where the earth rises in fractured, ochre-toned hills, their slopes etched with the dry, silver-green of creosote and brittlebush. Dust, fine as powdered rust, coats everything, clinging to the sparse vegetation and drifting in slow, languid eddies across the flat, open ground. The air itself feels thin and dry, carrying the faint, mineral tang of sun-baked rock and the distant promise of unseen water, a whisper against the persistent silence. The history of Valley Wells is inextricably linked to the thirst of the land and the relentless pursuit of what lay beneath. Once a vital stop along routes for prospectors and travelers seeking passage through this unforgiving terrain, its economy was shaped by the transient nature of those who passed through. Today, Valley Wells retains a quiet resilience, its present interwoven with echoes of that past, the faint shimmer of heat suggesting not just the climate, but the persistent, almost hopeful, human endeavor against the vast indifference of the desert. The sparse buildings, weathered by sun and wind, stand as stoic witnesses to the enduring spirit that has always called this starkly beautiful place home.
Live animated radar for Valley Wells 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 | Valley Wells, Inyo County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.828286°N, 117.331723°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92328 |
| Area Code | 909 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Valley Wells, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Valley Wells, 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 Valley Wells includes coordinates 35.828286°N, 117.331723°W, situated in Inyo County. ZIP code 92328. Telephone area code: 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.
