Big Creek, California Weather
Big Creek, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Big Creek, Fresno County.
Full aviation weather for Big Creek is published on the Mammoth Yosemite Airport (KMMH) page, 59 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KMMH describe the airfield itself. Weather 59 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Big Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Big Creek.
About Big Creek, California
Big Creek resides where the Sierra Nevada foothills begin their steep ascent, a place of rugged granite and tenacious chaparral. It lies 31.0 miles north-north-east of Heights, CA (from Heights, CA: bearing 18°T), and is situated 15.7 miles east-north-east of Auberry. The air here, even in the heat of summer, carries a dry, clean scent of pine and sun-baked earth, a subtle perfume that clings to the rocky slopes. Scattered oaks, their branches gnarled like ancient hands, offer scant shade against a sky that stretches endlessly, a canvas of piercing blue during the day and a velvet cloak pricked with diamond dust by night. The landscape is a study in contrasts: stark, exposed rock faces glinting in the sunlight give way to narrow canyons where water, when it flows, carves its way with patient persistence, its murmur the only sound for miles. The history of Big Creek is intrinsically tied to the power that courses through these mountains. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of hydroelectric energy, established a presence here, their lives dictated by the demands of dams and diversions. The local economy, though modest, still echoes this foundational industry, with a steady hum of activity centered around maintaining the intricate network of waterways and power generation facilities that are the lifeblood of the region. It’s a place where the grandeur of nature meets the ingenuity of man, a quiet testament to the forces harnessed from the wild, and where the rhythm of life often syncs with the distant rumble of turbines.
Live animated radar for Big Creek 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 Creek, Fresno County, California |
| Coordinates | 37.204946°N, 119.245956°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93605 |
| Area Code | 760 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Big Creek, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Big Creek, 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 Creek includes coordinates 37.204946°N, 119.245956°W, situated in Fresno County. ZIP code 93605. Telephone area code: 760. 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.
