Forest Knolls, California Weather
Forest Knolls, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Forest Knolls, Nevada County.
Full aviation weather for Forest Knolls is published on the Nevada County Airport (KGOO) page, 2 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. 6 airfields within reach of Forest Knolls 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 Forest Knolls: Blue Canyon Nyack Airport (KBLU) 26 km · Auburn Municipal Airport (KAUN) 32 km · Beale Air Force Base (KBAB) 39 km · Lincoln Regional Karl Harder Field (KLHM) 47 km · Yuba County Airport (KMYV) 51 km
Conditions reported at KGOO describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Forest Knolls specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Forest Knolls.
About Forest Knolls, California
Forest Knolls unfolds across a landscape sculpted by the Sierra Nevada's embrace, a place where rolling hills, cloaked in the deep green of ponderosa pines and fragrant cedars, meet the sky with a gentle, persistent slope. It lies 28.5 miles north-north-east of Lincoln, CA (from Lincoln, CA: bearing 33°T), and is situated 3.3 miles east-north-east of Grass Valley. The air here carries the clean, sharp scent of pine needles warmed by the sun, a fragrance that mingles with the fainter, earthy undertones of damp soil after a morning mist. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, paints the forest floor in shifting mosaics of light and shadow, a quiet ballet that has played out for centuries. The terrain is not dramatic, but rather a series of soft contours and shallow valleys, hinting at the ancient forces that shaped this corner of Nevada County. Here, life moves with a deliberate cadence, dictated more by the changing seasons and the slow growth of the trees than by the frantic pulse of distant cities. This land, once tread by native peoples and later by prospectors drawn by the whisper of gold, now sustains a quiet economy rooted in its natural bounty. While the echoes of the Gold Rush linger in the nearby hills, the present-day character of Forest Knolls is defined by a more pastoral existence. Small ranches, their pastures dotted with grazing cattle, speak of an agricultural heritage, and the occasional roadside stand, piled high with fresh produce, offers a tangible connection to the land's enduring fertility. The character of Forest Knolls is one of resilience and understated beauty, a place where the past is not so much forgotten as it is woven into the fabric of everyday life, a quiet testament to those who have called this place home for generations.
Live animated radar for Forest Knolls 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 | Forest Knolls, Nevada County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.238227°N, 121.005225°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95959, 94131, 94933 |
| Area Code | 415, 628, 510 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Forest Knolls, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Forest Knolls, 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 Forest Knolls includes coordinates 39.238227°N, 121.005225°W, situated in Nevada County. ZIP code 95959, 94131, 94933. Telephone area code: 415, 628, 510. 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.
