Westminster, California Weather
Westminster, 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 Westminster, Orange County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Westminster. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Westminster is published on the Los Alamitos Army Air Field (KSLI) page, 5 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 Westminster 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 Westminster: Long Beach International Airport (KLGB) 15 km · Compton Woodley Airport (KCPM) 26 km · Zamperini Field (KTOA) 31 km · Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport (KHHR) 35 km · Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) 42 km
Conditions reported at KSLI describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Westminster specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Westminster, California
Westminster, a nexus of suburban ambition, unfolds across a flat, fertile plain that hums with the quiet industry of Southern California. It lies 3.1 miles south-south-west of Stanton, CA (from Stanton, CA: bearing 195°T), and is situated 7.5 miles south-west of Anaheim. The air here, particularly as the sun begins its descent, carries a faint salinity, a whisper from the distant Pacific that softens the sharp edges of urban sprawl and lends a diffused, almost pearlescent quality to the light. Wide avenues, lined with a meticulous arrangement of palm trees and manicured lawns, dissect neighborhoods that echo with the distant sounds of traffic and the closer, more intimate noises of daily life – the drone of leaf blowers, the laughter of children, the rhythmic squeak of a bicycle chain. This is a landscape of deliberate order, where the built environment asserts itself against the natural, yet the earth beneath retains a memory of cultivation, a subtle richness that belies the asphalt and concrete. The history of Westminster is inextricably linked to the dreams of land barons and the industrious hands that transformed its soil. Once a vital agricultural hub, its fertile ground yielded a bounty of crops, a legacy that occasionally surfaces in the names of its streets and the persistent scent of citrus that can, on certain rare days, drift on the breeze. The post-war boom saw this agrarian heartland blossom into a suburban expanse, attracting families with promises of prosperity and a distinctively Californian way of life. Today, Westminster’s economy is a complex weave of commerce and service, with a notable presence of Asian-American communities that have infused the locality with vibrant cultural traditions and culinary delights, making it a unique point on the map of Orange County.
Live animated radar for Westminster 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 | Westminster, Orange County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.759183°N, 118.006727°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92683, 92684, 92685, 92655 |
| Area Code | 949 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Westminster, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Westminster, 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 Westminster includes coordinates 33.759183°N, 118.006727°W, situated in Orange County. ZIP code 92683, 92684, 92685, 92655. Telephone area code: 949. 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.
