Ridgecrest, CA Weather Forecast
Kern County, California
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The next few hours
Wind Advisory in effect for this location
A Wind Advisory is in effect for this location. It runs for about another 42 hours.
It is 71° with a dew point of 26°, which is dry for this time of year. The sky is mostly sunny.
The wind backs into the southwest around 6 PM, which is the turn that usually comes ahead of the change rather than after it. Nothing in the next day and a half is wet enough to move plans for.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Quiet through the next day and a half
Nothing wet is expected over the next day and a half.
The overnight low settles near 46°. Tomorrow reaches 67°, 7° cooler than today. It also gets muggier, so tomorrow will feel warmer than the number on its own suggests.
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
37–74°F across the weekThe week runs between 37° and 74°, with today the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Tuesday is the wettest day, peaking near 36%. 5 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Ridgecrest, CA at a glance
Ridgecrest is home to about 28,088 people in Kern County, across 21 square miles. It ranks 252nd by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is California City, 35 miles away.
- County
- Kern County
- Population
- 28,088 2023 est.
- Land area
- 21 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,346
- Forecast point
- 35.6285°N, 117.6640°W
How well can the network see Ridgecrest?
The nearest Doppler radar is KEYX (Edwards AFB, CA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 2,400 ft above Ridgecrest. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Ridgecrest is closer to its radar than 60% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KNID (China Lake). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Ridgecrest
- California City, CA35 mi
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- Barstow, CA63 mi
- Lancaster, CA71 mi
- Arvin, CA72 mi
- Adelanto, CA73 mi
- Palmdale, CA76 mi
- Victorville, CA78 mi
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