Fort Jones, California Weather
Fort Jones, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fort Jones, Siskiyou County.
Full aviation weather for Fort Jones is published on the Scott Valley Airport (KA30) page, 6 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. 5 airfields within reach of Fort Jones 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 Fort Jones: Montague-Yreka Rohrer Field (K1O5) 28 km · Weed Airport (KO46) 35 km · Siskiyou County Airport (KSIY) 36 km · Happy Camp Airport (K36S) 50 km
Conditions reported at KA30 describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fort Jones specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fort Jones.
About Fort Jones, California
Fort Jones rests in a broad, fertile valley, a place where the sky feels vast and unburdened by the press of distant mountains. It lies 49.7 miles south of Medford, OR (from Medford, OR: bearing 178°T), and is situated 13.8 miles south-west of Yreka. The Scott River meanders nearby, a ribbon of cool, clear water that whispers secrets to the cottonwoods lining its banks, their leaves a shimmering green in the persistent California sun. Rolling hills, cloaked in the muted golds and greens of dry grasses and scattered pines, rise gently to meet the horizon, framing the small cluster of buildings that form the heart of Fort Jones. The air here carries a dry, clean scent, a mixture of sun-baked earth and the subtle perfume of wild sage. This valley has long been a place of sustenance, its rich soil yielding abundant crops, a legacy that predates the fort itself. Established as a military outpost in the mid-19th century, Fort Jones eventually yielded to the peaceful pursuits of agriculture and ranching, its strategic importance fading as the frontier receded. The local economy still hums with the gentle rhythm of the land, with ranches raising cattle and farms cultivating hay and other staples, their fortunes tied to the seasons and the generous, if sometimes fierce, temper of the weather. Occasionally, a whisper of gold rush history can still be felt, a glint of the past in the enduring spirit of this quiet corner of Siskiyou County.
Live animated radar for Fort Jones 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 | Fort Jones, Siskiyou County, California |
| Coordinates | 41.607639°N, 122.84031°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95246, 96032 |
| Area Code | 408, 669, 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Jones, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Jones, 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 Fort Jones includes coordinates 41.607639°N, 122.840310°W, situated in Siskiyou County. ZIP code 95246, 96032. Telephone area code: 408, 669, 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.
