Burney, California Weather
Burney, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Burney, Shasta County.
Full aviation weather for Burney is published on the Fall River Mills Airport (KO89) page, 24 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 KO89 describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Burney specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Burney.
About Burney, California
Burney rests in a wide valley, its edges softened by the rising slopes of the surrounding mountains, a land where the sky feels vast and the air carries the scent of pine and distant woodsmoke. It lies 43.4 miles east-north-east of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 62°T), and is situated 3.0 miles south-west of Johnson Park. The Burney Creek carves a silver thread through the landscape, reflecting the deep blue of the California sky, and the surrounding evergreen forests stand in stoic silence, their shadows lengthening across the terrain as the sun begins its slow descent. This is a place where the rhythm of the day is dictated less by clocks and more by the arc of the sun and the changing moods of the weather, the distant peaks often veiled in a soft, ethereal mist. The history of Burney is entwined with the logging industry that once thrummed through its heart, the echoes of its past evident in the weathered wood of older buildings and the quiet strength of the people who call it home. Though the timber mills are largely quiet now, a spirit of resilience persists, with the local economy finding new footing in tourism and the natural beauty that draws visitors to the nearby national forests and the majestic waterfalls. Burney is a gateway to these wilder places, a quiet hub where the practicalities of everyday life are lived out against a backdrop of profound natural splendor, a place where the past is not forgotten but is instead a quiet foundation for the present.
Live animated radar for Burney 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 | Burney, Shasta County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.882381°N, 121.66082°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96013 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Burney, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Burney, 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 Burney includes coordinates 40.882381°N, 121.660820°W, situated in Shasta County. ZIP code 96013. 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.
