Walnut Creek, California Weather
Walnut Creek, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Walnut Creek. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Walnut Creek is published on the Buchanan Field (KCCR) page, 9 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 Walnut Creek 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 Walnut Creek: Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (KOAK) 25 km · Hayward Executive Airport (KHWD) 28 km · San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) 42 km · San Carlos Airport (KSQL) 47 km · Palo Alto Airport (KPAO) 50 km
Conditions reported at KCCR describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Walnut Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Walnut Creek, California
Walnut Creek unfolds as a sun-drenched expanse, where rolling hills, softened by the passage of seasons, meet the vibrant pulse of a modern California city. It lies 2.9 miles south of Pleasant Hill, CA (from Pleasant Hill, CA: bearing 185°T), and is situated 5.3 miles south-south-west of Concord. The landscape here is a study in contrasts: the verdant slopes, often dusted with the golden hues of dry grasses, cradle a valley floor crisscrossed by a network of streets and shimmering glass buildings. Oak trees, ancient and stoic, punctuate the hillsides, their branches reaching towards a sky that can shift from the crisp blue of morning to a hazy, almost bruised purple at dusk, a light that seems to linger, imbuing the air with a fleeting, ethereal beauty. The distant silhouette of Mount Diablo stands as a majestic sentinel, its presence a constant reminder of the wilder, untamed beauty that lies just beyond the city's edge, a place where fog might creep in from the coast, lending a mysterious veil to the familiar terrain. This land, long a haven for indigenous peoples, was transformed by Spanish missionaries and later by American settlers drawn by the promise of fertile soil and a climate that coaxed forth bountiful harvests. The rich agricultural heritage of Walnut Creek, once defined by its namesake trees and abundant orchards, has given way to a dynamic economy, its arteries now flowing with commerce, technology, and a thriving retail sector. The Broadway Plaza stands as a testament to this evolution, a gleaming hub of activity that draws shoppers from across the region, while the nearby Lesher Center for the Arts offers a different kind of nourishment, a stage for creativity and cultural exchange. Yet, the echoes of its past persist, whispering in the names of streets and the enduring, stoic presence of those ancient oaks, a subtle reminder of the layers of history that have shaped this ever-evolving corner of the East Bay.
Live animated radar for Walnut Creek 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 | Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California |
| Coordinates | 37.906313°N, 122.064963°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 94596, 94597, 94595, 94598 |
| Area Code | 510 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Walnut Creek, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Walnut Creek, 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 Walnut Creek includes coordinates 37.906313°N, 122.064963°W, situated in Contra Costa County. ZIP code 94596, 94597, 94595, 94598. Telephone area code: 510. 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.
