Cottonwood, California Weather
Cottonwood, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cottonwood, Shasta County.
Full aviation weather for Cottonwood is published on the Redding Municipal Airport (KRDD) page, 14 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 Cottonwood 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 Cottonwood: Red Bluff Municipal Airport (KRBL) 26 km · Corning Municipal Airport (K0O4) 50 km
Conditions reported at KRDD describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cottonwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cottonwood.
About Cottonwood, California
Cottonwood rests in the broad embrace of the Sacramento Valley, where the land rolls out in gentle, sun-baked contours towards the distant, blue-hazed mountains. It lies 15.0 miles south-south-east of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 157°T), and is situated 4.4 miles south-south-east of Anderson. The air here carries the dry, dusty scent of late summer, a persistent whisper of earth and heat that settles over the low-slung buildings and the scattered homes. Cottonwood Creek, a ribbon of life that gives the place its name, winds lazily through the landscape, its banks fringed with the very trees that stand sentinel, their broad leaves catching the afternoon light in a rustling dance. This is a place where the sky feels vast, stretching endlessly above the fields and the occasional stand of oaks, a canvas painted with the soft hues of an almost perpetual sunshine. The history of Cottonwood is deeply rooted in the fertile soil and the industrious spirit of its early settlers. Once a vital stop along the overland trails, the town's economy has long been tied to agriculture, with orchards and ranches defining its character. The legacy of that past can still be felt in the weathered facades of some of the older buildings and the enduring connection to the land. Today, while agriculture remains a cornerstone, Cottonwood also serves as a quiet residential hub, a place where the pace of life is measured by the sun’s arc and the changing seasons, offering a peaceful respite with a clear view of the wide California sky.
Live animated radar for Cottonwood 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 | Cottonwood, Shasta County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.385709°N, 122.280836°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93307, 95694, 96022 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cottonwood, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cottonwood, 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 Cottonwood includes coordinates 40.385709°N, 122.280836°W, situated in Shasta County. ZIP code 93307, 95694, 96022. 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.
