Big Bar, California Weather
Big Bar, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Big Bar, Butte County.
Full aviation weather for Big Bar is published on the Chico Regional Airport (KCIC) page, 36 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. 3 airfields within reach of Big Bar 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 Big Bar: Oroville Municipal Airport (KOVE) 39 km · Rogers Field (KO05) 56 km
Conditions reported at KCIC describe the airfield itself. Weather 36 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Big Bar specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Big Bar.
About Big Bar, California
Big Bar unfolds across a high valley, a place where the sun, when it breaks through the pines, seems to linger, casting long, golden shadows over the rugged terrain. It lies 21.9 miles east-north-east of Chico, CA (from Chico, CA: bearing 76°T), and is situated 7.5 miles east of Magalia. The air here carries the sharp, clean scent of cedar and damp earth, a constant reminder of the sprawling forests that embrace the landscape. Rolling hills, cloaked in dense evergreen, descend into the valley floor, where scattered meadows offer glimpses of the serpentine course of the Feather River, its waters a deep, cool blue against the muted greens and browns of the land. The occasional weathered fence post, tilted as if in a perpetual shrug, hints at the human presence, a quiet counterpoint to the wildness that dominates the horizon. The history of Big Bar is etched in the very grain of the land, a legacy shaped by the gold rush and the enduring allure of its natural resources. Early prospectors, drawn by the promise of riches, carved their claims into the hillsides, their efforts now faded echoes in the rustle of leaves. Later, the timber industry found its footing, the sturdy trunks of the surrounding trees supplying a livelihood for generations, though the rhythm of the sawmills has long since fallen silent. Today, Big Bar’s economy is a more modest affair, sustained by the steady trickle of visitors drawn to the river for its fishing and the surrounding wilderness for its hiking and the quiet contemplation it offers, a place where the past whispers in the wind and the present moves at its own unhurried pace.
Live animated radar for Big Bar 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 | Big Bar, Butte County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.80544°N, 121.438024°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95965, 95245, 96010 |
| Area Code | 408, 669, 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Big Bar, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Big Bar, 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 Big Bar includes coordinates 39.805440°N, 121.438024°W, situated in Butte County. ZIP code 95965, 95245, 96010. Telephone area code: 408, 669, 530. 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.
