Buena Vista, California Weather
Buena Vista, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Buena Vista, Tehama County.
Flight conditions near Buena Vista. Data source: locating…
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Buena Vista.
About Buena Vista, California
Buena Vista unfurls against a backdrop of rolling hills, where the ochre of dry grass meets the deep green of scattered pine and oak. It lies 22.6 miles north of Chico, CA (from Chico, CA: bearing 356°T), and is situated 18.7 miles east-north-east of Corning. The land here breathes a quiet resilience, etched by the sun and the occasional, sharp wind that sweeps down from the higher elevations. The very air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a fine dust that softens the edges of the world, catching the slanted light in a hazy, golden benediction. The terrain is a study in subtle contours, a gentle rise and fall that suggests the patient work of water over millennia, leading the eye toward distant, hazy blue ridges. This is country that remembers the slow turn of seasons, a place where the rhythm of life is tied to the land's bounty. For generations, the local economy has drawn sustenance from the rich soil, with orchards and vineyards dotting the landscape, their rows a testament to human endeavor against the wilder inclinations of nature. The history of Buena Vista is whispered in the weathered facades of its older buildings, structures that have seen the passage of time and the changing tides of prosperity, from the early days of agriculture to the present, where a quiet sense of community prevails. The distinctive character of Buena Vista is not found in grand pronouncements, but in the way the light falls on a dusty road, or the quiet hum of cicadas on a summer's day.
Live animated radar for Buena Vista 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 | Buena Vista, Tehama County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.055437°N, 121.867484°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95384, 95640 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Buena Vista, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Buena Vista, California, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Buena Vista includes coordinates 40.055437°N, 121.867484°W, situated in Tehama County. ZIP code 95384, 95640. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
