Butte Valley, California Weather
Butte Valley, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Butte Valley, Butte County.
Full aviation weather for Butte Valley is published on the Oroville Municipal Airport (KOVE) page, 18 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 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 Butte Valley: Chico Regional Airport (KCIC) 25 km · Haigh Field (KO37) 45 km · Willows Glenn County Airport (KWLW) 52 km · Corning Municipal Airport (K0O4) 56 km · Sutter County Airport (KO52) 58 km
Conditions reported at KOVE describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Butte Valley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Butte Valley.
About Butte Valley, California
Butte Valley spreads under a sky that often feels impossibly vast, a patchwork of golden grasses and darker, richer earth punctuated by the sturdy green of oaks and the occasional shimmer of water. It lies 12.2 miles east-south-east of Chico, CA (from Chico, CA: bearing 117°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south of Paradise. The land here, in Butte Valley, rolls with a gentle persistence, not dramatic peaks but a steady swell and fall that suggests deep, quiet forces at work beneath the surface. In the late afternoon, the light softens, slanting across the fields and turning the dust motes dancing in the air into tiny, ephemeral stars. The air itself carries a dry, sun-warmed scent, a blend of wild sage and the distant, earthy perfume of tilled soil, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats within this landscape. This region, Butte Valley, has long been shaped by the rhythm of the seasons and the bounty of its land. Its history is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring legacy of farming and ranching, industries that continue to define its economy and the character of its people. The fertile soil, a gift from ancient geological processes, has sustained generations, fostering a sense of rootedness and a quiet pride in the self-sufficiency that comes from working the earth. The occasional weathered barn, standing sentinel against the horizon, offers a silent testament to the hard work and perseverance that has characterized life here, a subtle echo of the past in the present.
Live animated radar for Butte 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 | Butte Valley, Butte County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.647441°N, 121.634452°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95965 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Butte Valley, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Butte 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 Butte Valley includes coordinates 39.647441°N, 121.634452°W, situated in Butte County. ZIP code 95965. 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.
