Cornell, California Weather
Cornell, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cornell, Modoc County.
Full aviation weather for Cornell is published on the Tulelake Municipal Airport (KO81) page, 10 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 Cornell 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 Cornell: Crater Lake-Klamath Regional Airport (KLMT) 52 km · Butte Valley Airport (KA32) 55 km
Conditions reported at KO81 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cornell specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cornell.
About Cornell, California
Cornell unfolds across a broad, dusty plain, where the ochre earth meets a sky so immense it seems to swallow the horizon whole. It lies 87.7 miles east-south-east of Medford, OR (from Medford, OR: bearing 114°T), and is situated 13.5 miles south-east of Tulelake. Low, rolling hills, dusted with the muted greens of sagebrush and the starker silhouettes of juniper, form the immediate landscape, their ancient forms softened by the relentless sun. The air itself carries a dry, mineral tang, a constant whisper of the arid land. As dusk approaches, the light here doesn't merely fade; it bleeds, staining the sky in hues of bruised plum and molten gold, casting long, theatrical shadows that stretch and distort the familiar contours of the land. The silence is not an absence of sound, but a presence, a deep, resonant quietude punctuated only by the rustle of wind through dry grasses or the distant cry of a hawk. The history of Cornell is as deep and subtle as the earth it rests upon, a narrative etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of its people and the land's own slow unfolding. Once a vital stop along a forgotten railroad line, its economy was shaped by the transient flow of travelers and the hardy souls who sought to coax a living from this challenging terrain. Today, the echo of those days can still be felt, a quiet resilience that underpins the small ranches and scattered homesteads that still dot the surrounding expanse. The local economy, while modest, draws strength from the enduring traditions of ranching and the occasional influx of those drawn to the stark, unvarnished beauty of this remote corner of the world, a place where time seems to move at a different, more elemental pace.
Live animated radar for Cornell 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 | Cornell, Modoc County, California |
| Coordinates | 41.799326°N, 121.319432°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96134, 91301 |
| Area Code | 530, 626 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cornell, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cornell, 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 Cornell includes coordinates 41.799326°N, 121.319432°W, situated in Modoc County. ZIP code 96134, 91301. Telephone area code: 530, 626. 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.
