Watsonville, California Weather
Watsonville, 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 Watsonville, Santa Cruz County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Watsonville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Watsonville is published on the Watsonville Municipal Airport (KWVI) page, 4 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 Watsonville 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 Watsonville: Marina Municipal Airport (KOAR) 25 km · Salinas Municipal Airport (KSNS) 31 km · Hollister Municipal Airport (KCVH) 31 km · Monterey Regional Airport (KMRY) 37 km · Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County (KRHV) 47 km
Conditions reported at KWVI describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Watsonville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Watsonville, California
Watsonville rests in a wide, fertile valley, a place where the Pajaro River threads its way towards the Pacific. It lies 12.3 miles west-south-west of Gilroy, CA (from Gilroy, CA: bearing 238°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east-south-east of Rio del Mar. The land here is a deep, rich loam, yielding generously to the sun and the cool ocean breezes that drift inland. Rolling hills, cloaked in the muted greens of agriculture, rise gently on either side, framing the broad expanse of fields that stretch towards the horizon. In the late afternoon, a soft, golden light often settles over the valley, illuminating the ordered rows of crops and lending a quiet beauty to the cultivated landscape. The air itself carries a faint, sweet perfume of ripening fruit and damp earth, a constant reminder of the valley's bounty. This is a region where the agricultural heartbeat of California has pulsed for generations, its economy deeply entwined with the strawberry fields and artichoke patches that define its character. Watsonville’s history is a story of immigrant labor and enduring resilience, of families who have worked this land and built a vibrant, multicultural community. The legacy of fruit packing sheds and the steady hum of agricultural machinery are woven into its fabric, a testament to the hard work that has sustained this place. While much of its focus remains on the earth’s harvest, a quiet charm persists in its downtown, where historic buildings stand alongside the everyday bustle of a working town, a place that knows the value of sustenance and the simple beauty of a well-tended field.
Live animated radar for Watsonville 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 | Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California |
| Coordinates | 36.910231°N, 121.756895°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95076, 95077 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Watsonville, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Watsonville, 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 Watsonville includes coordinates 36.910231°N, 121.756895°W, situated in Santa Cruz County. ZIP code 95076, 95077. Telephone area code: 408, 669. 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.
