Dogtown, California Weather
Dogtown, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dogtown, Glenn County.
Full aviation weather for Dogtown is published on the Willows Glenn County Airport (KWLW) page, 43 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 Dogtown 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 Dogtown: Haigh Field (KO37) 51 km · Round Valley Airport (KO09) 52 km
Conditions reported at KWLW describe the airfield itself. Weather 43 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dogtown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dogtown.
About Dogtown, California
Dogtown, California, unfolds across a landscape where the rolling foothills of the Coast Range begin their slow surrender to the broader, sun-baked expanses of the Sacramento Valley. It lies 47.6 miles west-south-west of Chico, CA (from Chico, CA: bearing 259°T), and is situated 29.6 miles west-south-west of Orland. Here, the earth is a warm, ochre-tinted clay, studded with hardy California oaks whose gnarled branches reach towards a sky that often burns a brilliant, unyielding blue. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the dry, sweet scent of sun-baked grasses and the subtle perfume of wild sagebrush, a fragrance that seems to cling to everything. Small creeks, often reduced to trickles by summer’s heat, carve shallow, winding paths through the terrain, their banks lined with the muted greens of drought-resistant scrub and the occasional, determined wildflower. The character of Dogtown is one of quiet resilience, a place that has learned to thrive under the assertive gaze of the sun. The history of Dogtown is etched into the very grain of its economy, a narrative woven from the threads of gold prospecting and agricultural enterprise. Though the feverish rush of the 19th century has long since subsided, the legacy of those early days still whispers in the wind that sweeps across the now-fallow fields and the remnants of old mining claims. Today, Dogtown’s pulse beats to the rhythm of its farms, where orchards of almonds and walnuts stretch out in neat, orderly rows, their leaves shimmering like a thousand tiny coins in the sunlight. The local economy, a hardy blend of agriculture and the services that support it, moves at a pace dictated by the seasons and the demands of the land. There’s a palpable sense of continuity here, a quiet pride in the generations who have worked this soil, their stories embedded in the weathered fences and the sturdy, functional buildings that line the main thoroughfare.
Live animated radar for Dogtown 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 | Dogtown, Glenn County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.58849°N, 122.712774°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95939, 95311, 95220 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dogtown, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dogtown, 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 Dogtown includes coordinates 39.588490°N, 122.712774°W, situated in Glenn County. ZIP code 95939, 95311, 95220. Telephone area code: 408, 669. 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.
