National Weather Service Forecast for: Ridgecrest CA
Issued by: National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley/Hanford, CA
Updated: 11:57 pm PST Dec 22, 2025
 
Overnight

Overnight: Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 50. Calm wind.
Cloudy
 Tuesday

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Mostly Cloudy
 Tuesday
Night
Tuesday Night: Rain after 10pm. Low around 46. South southeast wind around 5 mph becoming east northeast in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Rain
 Wednesday

Wednesday: Rain before 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. High near 59. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Showers
 Wednesday
Night
Wednesday Night: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then rain likely. Low around 50. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Showers then
Rain Likely
 Christmas
Day
Christmas Day: Rain, mainly between 10am and 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. High near 58. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Showers and
Breezy
 Thursday
Night
Thursday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then rain after 10pm. Low around 44. South southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Showers
 Friday

Friday: Rain likely, mainly before 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Rain Likely
 Friday
Night
Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. West wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
Chance Rain
Lo 50 °F Hi 64 °F Lo 46 °F Hi 59 °F Lo 50 °F Hi 58 °F Lo 44 °F Hi 56 °F Lo 34 °F

Flood Watch
High Wind Warning
 

Overnight
 
 Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 50. Calm wind.
Tuesday
 
 Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
 
 Rain after 10pm. Low around 46. South southeast wind around 5 mph becoming east northeast in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday
 
 Rain before 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. High near 59. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Wednesday Night
 
 Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then rain likely. Low around 50. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Christmas Day
 
 Rain, mainly between 10am and 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. High near 58. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
 
 Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then rain after 10pm. Low around 44. South southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
 
 Rain likely, mainly before 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
 
 A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. West wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
Saturday
 
 A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Saturday Night
 
 Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. North northwest wind around 5 mph.
Sunday
 
 Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. North northeast wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night
 
 Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. North wind around 5 mph.
Monday
 
 A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. North northeast wind around 5 mph.

 

Forecast from NOAA-NWS for Ridgecrest CA.