C-Road, California Weather
C-Road, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for C-Road, Plumas County.
Full aviation weather for C-Road is published on the Sierraville Dearwater Airport (KO79) page, 28 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. 2 airfields within reach of C-Road 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 C-Road: Blue Canyon Nyack Airport (KBLU) 55 km
Conditions reported at KO79 describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at C-Road specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for C-Road.
About C-Road, California
C-Road unfurls itself through the rugged grandeur of Plumas County, a ribbon of asphalt winding through a landscape sculpted by ancient glaciers and the persistent hand of time. It lies 43.7 miles west-north-west of Reno, NV (from Reno, NV: bearing 292°T), and is situated 6.6 miles west-south-west of Portola. Pine and fir trees, their needles catching the high Sierra sun, stand sentinel over steep slopes that plunge into shadowed canyons. The air here carries the crisp, resinous scent of evergreen, a constant perfume that mingles with the fainter, earthy aroma of damp soil and decaying leaves. In the distance, granite peaks, their summits often dusted with snow even in warmer months, rise against a sky that can shift from the clearest, most vibrant blue to a bruised, dramatic grey as storms gather. Here, the very earth seems to breathe, exhaling the cool, quiet exhalations of the wilderness. The history of C-Road is intrinsically tied to the veins of gold and silver that once pulsed beneath these mountains, a legacy that whispers in the weathered boards of old cabins and the ghost towns scattered like forgotten memories. Logging, too, has left its mark, with the timber industry shaping the local economy for generations, its rhythms dictated by the rise and fall of demand and the enduring power of the ancient forests. Today, the pace of life in C-Road is measured by the slow arc of the sun and the seasonal migrations of deer and bear, a quiet existence that finds its pulse in the murmurs of the nearby Feather River. The river itself, a silver thread stitching through the verdant valleys, offers a constant, soothing presence, its waters cool and clear, reflecting the immense, indifferent beauty of the surrounding wilderness.
Live animated radar for C-Road 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 | C-Road, Plumas County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.7627°N, 120.577°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96106, 96103 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This C-Road, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for C-Road, 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 C-Road includes coordinates 39.762700°N, 120.577000°W, situated in Plumas County. ZIP code 96106, 96103. 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.
