California City, CA Weather Forecast
Kern County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for California City, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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California City, CA at a glance
California City is home to about 13,802 people in Kern County, across 204 square miles. It ranks 334th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Tehachapi, 33 miles away.
- County
- Kern County
- Population
- 13,802 2023 est.
- Land area
- 204 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 68
- Forecast point
- 35.1466°N, 117.8693°W
How well can the network see California City?
The nearest Doppler radar is KEYX (Edwards AFB, CA), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 980 ft above California City. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over California City show up clearly. California City is closer to its radar than 88% of US cities.
The closest weather station is K9L2 (Edwards AF Aux North). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near California City
- Tehachapi, CA33 mi
- Ridgecrest, CA35 mi
- Lancaster, CA36 mi
- Palmdale, CA41 mi
- Adelanto, CA46 mi
- Barstow, CA51 mi
- Victorville, CA52 mi
- Arvin, CA54 mi
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