Edgemont, California Weather
Edgemont, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Edgemont, Lassen County.
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About Edgemont, California
Edgemont rests in a high desert basin where the sky seems to stretch on forever, a boundless expanse of blue that deepens to an astonishing indigo as twilight descends. It lies 63.5 miles north-north-west of Reno, NV (from Reno, NV: bearing 328°T), and is situated 4.1 miles east-north-east of Janesville. The land here is a study in subtle earth tones, a palette of sagebrush greens, dusty browns, and the muted ochre of sun-baked rock, all under a sun that often burns with a fierce, unwavering intensity. Rolling hills, more like ancient, worn shoulders of the earth, rise gently from the basin floor, their slopes dusted with the resilient scrub that defines this arid landscape. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, mingled with the faint, sweet fragrance of wild sage, and the silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind across the sparse vegetation or the distant cry of a hawk circling high above. The history of Edgemont is written in the enduring spirit of those who have sought to make a life in this challenging, yet beautiful, terrain. It is a place shaped by the quiet tenacity of ranching, where cattle graze on the sparse grasses and the rhythm of the seasons dictates the lives of its inhabitants. The local economy, though modest, is sustained by this enduring connection to the land, with a scattering of businesses serving the needs of the surrounding ranches and a small, close-knit population that values independence and self-reliance. Edgemont holds within its quiet existence the echoes of pioneers who navigated this rugged country, their stories woven into the very fabric of the land, a subtle testament to resilience against the vastness of the California high desert.
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| Location | Edgemont, Lassen County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.309621°N, 120.449109°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92553, 92518, 96114, 92508 |
| Area Code | 530, 909 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Edgemont, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Edgemont, 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 Edgemont includes coordinates 40.309621°N, 120.449109°W, situated in Lassen County. ZIP code 92553, 92518, 96114, 92508. Telephone area code: 530, 909. 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.
