Brownsville, California Weather
Brownsville, 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 Brownsville, Yuba County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Brownsville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Brownsville is published on the Oroville Municipal Airport (KOVE) page, 30 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 Brownsville 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 Brownsville: Nevada County Airport (KGOO) 36 km · Beale Air Force Base (KBAB) 40 km · Sutter County Airport (KO52) 48 km · Yuba County Airport (KMYV) 49 km · Blue Canyon Nyack Airport (KBLU) 53 km
Conditions reported at KOVE describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Brownsville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Brownsville.
About Brownsville, California
Brownsville rests in the foothills, where the rugged Sierra Nevada Mountains begin their ascent from the broad, sun-baked floor of the Sacramento Valley. It lies 29.6 miles north-east of Yuba City, CA (from Yuba City, CA: bearing 39°T), and is situated 1.4 miles north-east of Challenge-Brownsville. Here, the land rolls with a gentle, almost hesitant grace, its contours softened by the persistent touch of wind and sun. Oak woodlands, a rich, dark green against the lighter hues of dry grasses in summer, climb the slopes, their gnarled branches reaching skyward like ancient, supplicating hands. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, woody scent, tinged with the faintest whisper of distant pine. In the clearings, where the sunlight falls unobstructed, the ground is a mosaic of weathered rock and tenacious scrub, a landscape that feels both enduring and subtly vulnerable, as if the very earth were breathing a slow, steady rhythm. The history of Brownsville is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring character of its people and the quiet persistence of its economy. Once a hub for timber and mining operations that carved their way into the surrounding hills, the echoes of that industrious past are still discernible in the weathered barns and the occasional glint of quartz in the dry creek beds. Today, the land itself is the primary source of livelihood, with small ranches and orchards dotting the landscape, their yields dictated by the caprices of rainfall and the warmth of the seasons. The pace of life in Brownsville is unhurried, a gentle counterpoint to the clamor of more distant urban centers, where the passing of a single truck on the main road can feel like a significant event. The community holds a quiet pride in its self-reliance, a spirit forged in the isolation and resilience required to thrive in this particular corner of California.
Live animated radar for Brownsville 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 | Brownsville, Yuba County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.473222°N, 121.269128°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95919 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brownsville, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brownsville, 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 Brownsville includes coordinates 39.473222°N, 121.269128°W, situated in Yuba County. ZIP code 95919. 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.
