Taft, CA Weather Forecast
Kern County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Taft, 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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Taft, CA at a glance
Taft is home to about 6,961 people in Kern County, across 15 square miles. It ranks 406th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Bakersfield, 27 miles away.
- County
- Kern County
- Population
- 6,961 2023 est.
- Land area
- 15 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 456
- Forecast point
- 35.1267°N, 119.4242°W
How well can the network see Taft?
The nearest Doppler radar is KVTX (Los Angeles, CA), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,700 ft above Taft. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KBFL (Bakersfield/Meadows Arpt). Far enough that current conditions for Taft are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Taft
- Bakersfield, CA27 mi
- Shafter, CA27 mi
- Wasco, CA32 mi
- Arvin, CA34 mi
- McFarland, CA39 mi
- Delano, CA45 mi
- Ojai, CA48 mi
- Carpinteria, CA51 mi
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