Walker, California Weather
Walker, 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 Walker, Los Angeles County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Walker. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Walker is published on the Compton Woodley Airport (KCPM) page, 12 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 Walker 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 Walker: Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport (KHHR) 16 km · Long Beach International Airport (KLGB) 18 km · Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) 22 km · Los Alamitos Army Air Field (KSLI) 24 km · Zamperini Field (KTOA) 25 km
Conditions reported at KCPM describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Walker specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Walker.
About Walker, California
Walker rests in a high desert basin, a place where the earth folds gently towards the distant, hazy mountains, their peaks often softened by a fine dust. The air here carries a dry, clean scent, a blend of sun-baked sagebrush and the subtle, mineral tang of the very soil. Scattered across the landscape are scrub oaks, their branches twisted like ancient hands reaching for the relentless sun, and tenacious wildflowers that bloom with a surprising, vibrant defiance after the scant rains. The light, especially as dusk approaches, possesses a peculiar, golden quality, seeming to emanate from the very stones and dust, casting long, theatrical shadows that stretch and distort the familiar contours of the land. Walker’s story is one of hardy resilience, a legacy forged in the shadow of ambitious mining ventures that once promised riches but ultimately gave way to a more modest, enduring economy. Ranching and a quiet sort of agriculture, coaxing life from the arid soil with careful irrigation, form the bedrock of its present. The echoes of those boom times are still visible in the weathered facades of some older buildings, their wood bleached by decades of sun, a quiet testament to the hopes and labors of generations past. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling avenues; the character of Walker is found in the steady hum of pickup trucks on its main street, the friendly nod from a shopkeeper, and the palpable sense of a place that understands the value of hard work and the quiet beauty of a life lived close to the land.
Live animated radar for Walker 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 | Walker, Los Angeles County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.980292°N, 118.172848°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 90201, 90270, 96050, 96107 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Walker, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Walker, 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 Walker includes coordinates 33.980292°N, 118.172848°W, situated in Los Angeles County. ZIP code 90201, 90270, 96050, 96107. Telephone area code: 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.
