Chester, California Weather
Chester, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Chester, Plumas County.
Full aviation weather for Chester is published on the Rogers Field (KO05) page, 3 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. 3 airfields within reach of Chester 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 Chester: Spalding Airport (K1Q2) 55 km · Susanville Municipal Airport (KSVE) 56 km
Conditions reported at KO05 describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Chester specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Chester.
About Chester, California
Chester lies cradled by the Sierra Nevada's granite shoulders, a place where the air itself seems to possess a certain clarity, tinged with the resinous scent of pine and the cool breath of nearby water. It lies 51.2 miles north-east of Chico, CA (from Chico, CA: bearing 39°T), and is situated 5.6 miles north-west of Lake Almanor. The landscape here is a testament to glacial sculpting, with broad, open valleys giving way to the stoic rise of forested mountains that hold their secrets close. The Feather River, a silver ribbon of restless energy, carves its path through this terrain, its banks a mosaic of wild grasses and weathered stones. Even in the midday sun, a soft, diffused light filters through the dense canopy, painting the forest floor in shifting patterns, and the distant hum of insects forms a constant, quiet soundtrack to the stillness. The history of Chester is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the land they've worked. Once a hub for logging and mining, its economy has shifted, finding new life in the steady flow of tourism drawn to the pristine beauty of Lake Almanor and the surrounding wilderness. The legacy of those early industries can still be glimpsed in the weathered barns and the quiet dignity of the older homes that dot the landscape. Chester retains a sense of unhurried purpose, a place where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the sun's arc and the turning of the seasons, and where the echoes of prospectors and lumberjacks seem to mingle with the whisper of the wind in the tall pines.
Live animated radar for Chester 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.
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| Location | Chester, Plumas County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.306274°N, 121.23191°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96020 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chester, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chester, 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 Chester includes coordinates 40.306274°N, 121.231910°W, situated in Plumas County. ZIP code 96020. 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.
