Butte City, California Weather
Butte City, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Butte City, Glenn County.
Full aviation weather for Butte City is published on the Willows Glenn County Airport (KWLW) page, 20 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 Butte City 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 Butte City: Haigh Field (KO37) 32 km · Oroville Municipal Airport (KOVE) 32 km · Colusa County Airport (KO08) 32 km · Chico Regional Airport (KCIC) 38 km · Sutter County Airport (KO52) 50 km
Conditions reported at KWLW describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Butte City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Butte City.
About Butte City, California
Butte City rests where the flat expanse of the Sacramento Valley begins its subtle, almost imperceptible rise towards the foothills, a place where the air often carries the dry, sun-baked scent of ripening grain and the distant murmur of irrigation water. It lies 20.0 miles south-south-west of Chico, CA (from Chico, CA: bearing 204°T), and is situated 4.2 miles south-south-east of Glenn. The landscape here is dominated by vast agricultural fields, a patchwork quilt of emerald and gold depending on the season, stitched together by the silver threads of canals and the dusty veins of county roads. On a clear day, the distant, hazy blue of the Sutter Buttes, a singular mountain range rising from the valley floor, provides a constant, grounding presence on the horizon, their rounded forms softened by the atmospheric haze. The quiet here is profound, broken only by the low hum of passing tractors or the sharp cry of a hawk circling overhead, a stillness that seems to absorb the very essence of the wide-open sky. This land has a history etched not in grand monuments, but in the patient cultivation of the soil, a legacy of farming that has sustained Butte City for generations. The economy remains deeply rooted in agriculture, the lifeblood of the community flowing from the rich alluvial soils that produce abundant crops of rice, tomatoes, and various fruits. The nearby Sacramento River, though not directly bordering Butte City, plays a vital role in this agricultural prosperity, its waters channeled and managed to nourish the fields that define the region's character. Old farmhouses, weathered by countless summers and winters, stand as silent witnesses to the enduring spirit of those who have worked this land, their paint faded but their foundations firm, a quiet testament to a persistent way of life.
Live animated radar for Butte City 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 | Butte City, Glenn County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.464607°N, 121.989975°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95920 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Butte City, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Butte City, 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 Butte City includes coordinates 39.464607°N, 121.989975°W, situated in Glenn County. ZIP code 95920. 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.
