Browns Valley, California Weather
Browns Valley, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Browns Valley, Yuba County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Browns Valley. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Browns Valley is published on the Beale Air Force Base (KBAB) page, 12 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. 6 airfields within reach of Browns Valley 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 Browns Valley: Yuba County Airport (KMYV) 21 km · Sutter County Airport (KO52) 21 km · Oroville Municipal Airport (KOVE) 33 km · Nevada County Airport (KGOO) 35 km · Lincoln Regional Karl Harder Field (KLHM) 37 km
Conditions reported at KBAB describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Browns Valley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Browns Valley.
About Browns Valley, California
Browns Valley unfolds across a landscape of rolling hills, their tawny slopes softened by the late afternoon sun, giving way to broader, flatter expanses where the earth lies open and expectant. It lies 13.2 miles east-north-east of Yuba City, CA (from Yuba City, CA: bearing 58°T), and is situated 4.8 miles south of Loma Rica. Oak woodlands, a deep, enduring green, punctuate the terrain, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers towards a sky that often holds the hushed anticipation of rain. The air, particularly in the early morning and as twilight deepens, carries a dry, sun-baked scent, mingled with the subtle perfume of wild grasses and the distant, earthy aroma of livestock. This is a place where the horizon feels vast, a gentle curve against which the occasional solitary farmhouse or weathered barn stands as a quiet sentinel. The history of Browns Valley is deeply entwined with the gold rush era, though its enduring character owes more to the steady rhythms of agriculture and ranching. The fertile soils, deposited by ancient waterways, have long supported a local economy built on the cultivation of crops like alfalfa and walnuts, and the raising of cattle. Scattered remnants of earlier ventures, perhaps a derelict fence line or a forgotten well, hint at the generations who have worked this land. The Yuba River, though not immediately present, shapes the underlying geology and water table, its distant murmur a constant, if unseen, presence. Life here moves at a pace dictated by the seasons, a quiet continuity that allows for a particular, unhurried appreciation of the natural world.
Live animated radar for Browns Valley 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 | Browns Valley, Yuba County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.242114°N, 121.40913°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95918 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Browns Valley, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Browns Valley, 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 Browns Valley includes coordinates 39.242114°N, 121.409130°W, situated in Yuba County. ZIP code 95918. 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.
