Big Bend, California Weather
Big Bend, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Big Bend, Placer County.
Full aviation weather for Big Bend is published on the Blue Canyon Nyack Airport (KBLU) page, 17 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. 4 airfields within reach of Big Bend 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 Bend: Truckee Tahoe Airport (KTRK) 32 km · Sierraville Dearwater Airport (KO79) 34 km · Nevada County Airport (KGOO) 43 km
Conditions reported at KBLU describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Big Bend specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Big Bend.
About Big Bend, California
Big Bend lies cradled within a fold of the Sierra Nevada foothills, where the American River begins to widen and deepen, its waters carrying the scent of pine and granite. It lies 40.7 miles west-south-west of Reno, NV (from Reno, NV: bearing 248°T), and is situated 18.0 miles west of Truckee. The land here is a study in sharp contrasts: sun-baked slopes dotted with gnarled oaks give way to shaded canyons where cool, damp air lingers, even on the hottest summer days. Steep ridges, cloaked in a rough, resilient scrub, offer sweeping views of the river valley below, a ribbon of life winding through the rugged terrain. The very air seems to hum with a quiet energy, a palpable sense of wildness held in delicate balance with the encroaching human presence. This is a place where history whispers from the riverbanks, remnants of the gold rush era still clinging to the landscape. For generations, the river itself was the lifeblood of Big Bend, fueling mills and shaping the fortunes of those who sought their living from its depths and the surrounding hills. While the feverish pursuit of gold has long subsided, the spirit of enterprise endures, now channeled into more sustainable ventures. Small ranches, their pastures a patchwork of emerald green, dot the lower elevations, their cattle grazing contentedly under the vast, indifferent sky. The local economy, though modest, is rooted in the land and the river, a quiet continuation of traditions that stretch back to the earliest settlers. The community of Big Bend retains a palpable sense of its past, a continuity that lends a unique character to the everyday rhythms of life.
Live animated radar for Big Bend 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 Bend, Placer County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.305458°N, 120.517984°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95728, 95476, 96011 |
| Area Code | 408, 669, 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Big Bend, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Big Bend, 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 Bend includes coordinates 39.305458°N, 120.517984°W, situated in Placer County. ZIP code 95728, 95476, 96011. 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.
