Westend, California Weather
Westend, 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 Westend, San Bernardino County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Westend. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Westend is published on the China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport (KNID) page, 27 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 Westend 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 Westend: Inyokern Airport (KIYK) 40 km
Conditions reported at KNID describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Westend specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Westend.
About Westend, California
Westend lies under a vast, often brilliant sky, a place where the earth seems to breathe dust and sagebrush. It lies 16.7 miles east-north-east of Ridgecrest, CA (from Ridgecrest, CA: bearing 69°T), and is situated 4.2 miles south of Searles Valley. The land here rolls with a patient, ancient grace, punctuated by the stark, sun-bleached bones of the California desert. Canyons, carved by millennia of wind and water, offer shadowed refuges, their walls a mosaic of ochre and rust that glows with an inner fire as the sun begins its descent. The air, dry and carrying the faint, sweet perfume of creosote, is a constant reminder of the vast, untamed spaces that press in from all sides, a quiet testament to nature’s enduring power. The history of Westend is a story etched in the grit and determination of those who sought opportunity in this arid expanse. It began as a place of passage, a waypoint for those drawn by the promise of mining, where veins of precious ore were coaxed from the stubborn earth. Though the boom times have long since faded, the legacy of those early days lingers in the weathered facades of old buildings and the proud, independent spirit of its residents. Today, the economy of Westend is a more modest affair, built on agriculture that wrestles sustenance from the arid soil and a quiet tourism that appreciates the raw, unvarnished beauty of the surrounding landscape, drawing visitors who seek the stark, arresting clarity of the desert light.
Live animated radar for Westend 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 | Westend, San Bernardino County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.7069°N, 117.392279°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93562, 93505 |
| Area Code | 760 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Westend, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Westend, 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 Westend includes coordinates 35.706900°N, 117.392279°W, situated in San Bernardino County. ZIP code 93562, 93505. Telephone area code: 760. 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.
