Elk Creek, California Weather
Elk Creek, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Elk Creek, Glenn County.
Full aviation weather for Elk Creek is published on the Willows Glenn County Airport (KWLW) page, 29 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 Elk Creek 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 Elk Creek: Haigh Field (KO37) 36 km · Corning Municipal Airport (K0O4) 49 km
Conditions reported at KWLW describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elk Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Elk Creek.
About Elk Creek, California
Elk Creek unfurls itself in a quiet corner of Glenn County, a place where the rolling foothills of the Coast Range begin to soften and yield to the broad sweep of the Sacramento Valley. It lies 38.3 miles west-south-west of Chico, CA (from Chico, CA: bearing 257°T), and is situated 19.2 miles west-north-west of Willows. The land here is a study in muted greens and dusty ochres, the serpentine curves of the hillsides often cloaked in a haze that lends a dreamlike quality to the afternoon light. Oak woodlands, their branches gnarled and reaching like ancient hands, dot the landscape, interspersed with patches of scrub and the occasional sun-baked meadow. The air itself carries a certain stillness, a deep breath drawn from the dry earth and the distant, sun-warmed peaks. It’s a place that feels both enduring and slightly forgotten, a landscape that has witnessed the slow passage of seasons and the quiet persistence of life. The history of Elk Creek is intertwined with the rich soil of the valley and the industrious spirit of its early settlers. Farming has always been the lifeblood of this region, with orchards of almonds and walnuts, and fields of wheat and alfalfa stretching towards the horizon, their productivity a testament to the fertile ground. The gentle murmur of the creek, from which Elk Creek takes its name, provided an essential water source for these early agricultural endeavors, a constant, life-giving pulse through the dry California summers. While the grand pronouncements of boomtowns may have passed Elk Creek by, a steady, unpretentious character defines its rhythm. Life here moves with a measured pace, dictated by the sun and the seasons, a quiet continuation of the legacy built by those who first sought their fortunes in this sun-drenched land.
Live animated radar for Elk Creek 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.
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| Location | Elk Creek, Glenn County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.605157°N, 122.53916°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95939 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elk Creek, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elk Creek, 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 Elk Creek includes coordinates 39.605157°N, 122.539160°W, situated in Glenn County. ZIP code 95939. 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.
