Dales, California Weather
Dales, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dales, Tehama County.
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About Dales, California
Dales rests in a broad, sun-drenched valley, where the earth exhales a dry, warm scent of sun-baked grasses and distant pine. It lies 25.3 miles south-east of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 138°T), and is situated 8.0 miles east-south-east of Lake California. The landscape rolls with a gentle, persistent undulation, each rise and fall revealing more of the vast, open sky that seems to hold the very essence of the place. Here, the light at dusk possesses a peculiar softness, bleeding from molten gold into bruised purples, casting long, languid shadows that stretch across the fields. The air, when the wind stirs, carries the faint, sweet perfume of wild sage and the earthy promise of well-tilled soil, a constant reminder of the land's enduring generosity. The history of Dales is bound to the patient cultivation of its fertile ground, a legacy etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring rhythm of seasons. For generations, this land has sustained families through the bounty of its orchards and vineyards, the quiet hum of tractors a familiar soundtrack to the slow unfolding of days. While the broader agricultural economy of the region has seen shifts, Dales retains a core of resilience, its identity tied to the enduring appeal of its rural character and the simple, honest labor that has always defined its spirit. The occasional gleam of sun on a distant, weathered barn roof serves as a quiet testament to the enduring human presence, a continuity that whispers of lives lived and dreams nurtured under this wide, benevolent sky.
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| Location | Dales, Tehama County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.313767°N, 122.071661°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96080 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dales, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dales, California, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Dales includes coordinates 40.313767°N, 122.071661°W, situated in Tehama County. ZIP code 96080. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
