Blairsden, California Weather
Blairsden, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Blairsden, Plumas County.
Full aviation weather for Blairsden is published on the Sierraville Dearwater Airport (KO79) page, 32 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. 2 airfields within reach of Blairsden 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 Blairsden: Blue Canyon Nyack Airport (KBLU) 57 km
Conditions reported at KO79 describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Blairsden specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Blairsden.
About Blairsden, California
Blairsden lies in a broad, sun-drenched valley, a place where the Sierra Nevada foothills begin their gentle ascent towards the higher peaks. It lies 46.1 miles west-north-west of Reno, NV (from Reno, NV: bearing 292°T), and is situated 8.1 miles west-south-west of Portola. Rolling hills, cloaked in the tawny hues of summer grass and punctuated by the deep green of scattered pines and junipers, form the immediate horizon. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the dry, sweet scent of sun-baked earth and the distant, faint perfume of wild sage. The Feather River, a ribbon of shimmering silver, meanders through the landscape, its presence a constant murmur, its banks often fringed with willow and cottonwood. The sky above Blairsden is a vast, ever-shifting canvas, its blues deepening to indigo as the day wanes, often streaked with wisps of cloud that catch the dying light like spun gold. The history of Blairsden is intimately tied to the land and its bounty, a narrative of logging and ranching that has shaped its character. For generations, the forests that once blanketed these slopes provided timber, their felled giants carted away to build homes and towns far and wide. Now, the economy leans more towards the quietude of agriculture and the steady flow of tourism drawn by the region's natural beauty. The echoes of a more vigorous past can still be felt in the sturdy, unassuming architecture of the older buildings, a testament to the resilience and hard work of those who first settled this valley. Small, independent ranches dot the landscape, their weathered fences and grazing herds a familiar sight, contributing to the unhurried rhythm of life in Blairsden, a place where the seasons dictate the pace and the land remains the ultimate arbiter.
Live animated radar for Blairsden 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.
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| Location | Blairsden, Plumas County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.78101°N, 120.616608°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96103 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Blairsden, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blairsden, 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 Blairsden includes coordinates 39.781010°N, 120.616608°W, situated in Plumas County. ZIP code 96103. Telephone area code: 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.
