Canby, California Weather
Canby, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Canby, Modoc County.
Full aviation weather for Canby is published on the California Pines Airport (KA24) page, 16 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. 4 airfields within reach of Canby 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 Canby: Alturas Municipal Airport (KAAT) 26 km · Adin Airport (KA26) 30 km · Cedarville Airport (KO59) 60 km
Conditions reported at KA24 describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Canby specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Canby.
About Canby, California
Canby lies where the land begins to soften its austerity, the Modoc Plateau giving way to a gentler, more forgiving terrain. It lies 99.0 miles north-east of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 53°T), and is situated 17.2 miles west of Alturas. Here, the wide, open skies of northeastern California seem to press down, a vast, blue canvas painted with the slow drift of clouds, and the air, even in summer, carries a crisp, dry edge that speaks of high altitude and the distant, snow-capped peaks. Sagebrush, tough and low-slung, carpets the rolling ground, punctuated by the occasional hardy pine or juniper, their branches reaching out like the gnarled hands of old timers. The light here has a particular quality, especially in the late afternoon, when it slants across the landscape, turning the muted greens and browns into a thousand shades of gold and russet, a quiet, almost holy, illumination. This is a place shaped by the quiet persistence of those who came before, a history written not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of a frontier community. Canby’s roots are firmly planted in the agricultural endeavors that still define its modest economy, with ranches and farms dotting the surrounding country, raising cattle and cultivating hardy crops suited to the short growing season. The Modoc War, a significant chapter in the region's past, left an indelible mark, a reminder of the complex and often difficult interactions between settlers and the indigenous peoples. While not a bustling metropolis, Canby offers a sense of groundedness, a place where the days unfold with a steady, unhurried cadence, and the evening air, when it cools, carries the faint, sweet scent of alfalfa and the promise of a star-filled night.
Live animated radar for Canby 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 | Canby, Modoc County, California |
| Coordinates | 41.443779°N, 120.870244°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96015 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Canby, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Canby, 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 Canby includes coordinates 41.443779°N, 120.870244°W, situated in Modoc County. ZIP code 96015. 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.
