Weldon, California Weather
Weldon, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Weldon, Kern County.
Full aviation weather for Weldon is published on the Kern Valley Airport (KL05) page, 14 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. 3 airfields within reach of Weldon 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 Weldon: Inyokern Airport (KIYK) 42 km · China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport (KNID) 54 km
Conditions reported at KL05 describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Weldon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Weldon.
About Weldon, California
Weldon lies at the feet of the southern Sierra Nevada, a scattered collection of homes and businesses where the arid scrubland begins its slow, determined climb towards higher elevations. It lies 34.9 miles west of Ridgecrest, CA (from Ridgecrest, CA: bearing 275°T), and is situated 9.7 miles east-south-east of Wofford Heights. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, a palette of ochre, sienna, and pale dust, broken by the stoic resilience of Joshua trees and the thorny embrace of creosote. Dust devils, ephemeral dancers, often swirl across the baking flats, catching the sharp, unfiltered sunlight that can be both a blessing and a burden. The air itself feels thin and dry, carrying the faint, mineral scent of sun-baked rock and the distant, almost imperceptible hum of unseen life clinging to the harsh terrain. The history of Weldon is inextricably tied to the whispers of gold and the enduring spirit of those who sought their fortune in these rugged hills. Though the boom times have long since faded, a sense of hardy self-reliance persists, a legacy forged in the crucible of hardscrabble living. The local economy, once fueled by mining and agriculture that wrested sustenance from the unforgiving soil, now finds its pulse in a more modest rhythm, supporting the needs of residents and the occasional traveler drawn to the stark beauty of the surrounding landscape. Weldon is a place where the past lingers in the names of long-abandoned claims and in the quiet dignity of its people, a testament to a life lived close to the bone, under a vast and indifferent sky.
Live animated radar for Weldon 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 | Weldon, Kern County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.665786°N, 118.290358°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93283 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Weldon, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Weldon, 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 Weldon includes coordinates 35.665786°N, 118.290358°W, situated in Kern County. ZIP code 93283. Telephone area code: 661. 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.
