French Gulch, California Weather
French Gulch, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for French Gulch, Shasta County.
Full aviation weather for French Gulch is published on the Lonnie Pool Field Weaverville Airport (KO54) page, 24 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 French Gulch 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 French Gulch: Trinity Center Airport (KO86) 32 km · Redding Municipal Airport (KRDD) 36 km
Conditions reported at KO54 describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at French Gulch specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for French Gulch.
About French Gulch, California
French Gulch rests in a fold of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, where the land rises in a series of rugged slopes that cradle the small settlement. It lies 15.1 miles west-north-west of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 301°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east of Lewiston. The air here carries the scent of pine and damp earth, a constant reminder of the surrounding wilderness, and the sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy, falls in shafts of startling clarity. The terrain is a testament to the forces that shaped it, a landscape of sharp ascents and sudden drops, with the occasional clearing offering a glimpse of the sky, a vast, ever-changing canvas. The Trinity River, a ribbon of cool, rushing water, flows not far from French Gulch, its steady murmur a persistent counterpoint to the rustling leaves and the calls of unseen birds. The history of French Gulch is deeply entwined with the feverish pursuit of gold, a chapter etched not only in the weathered facades of its few remaining buildings but in the very contours of the land, scarred by the placer mining operations of the past. The economy, once dominated by the glint of precious metal, has since shifted, though a hardy spirit of self-reliance persists, a legacy of those early pioneers. Today, logging and the quiet hum of small-scale ranching contribute to the local livelihood, while tourism, drawn by the natural beauty and the echoes of the Gold Rush, provides a gentle, intermittent pulse. It's a place where the past and present coexist, where the ghost of prospectors can almost be felt on the breeze, and where the enduring strength of the mountains is a constant, quiet presence.
Live animated radar for French Gulch 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 | French Gulch, Shasta County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.700703°N, 122.638351°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96033 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This French Gulch, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for French Gulch, 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 French Gulch includes coordinates 40.700703°N, 122.638351°W, situated in Shasta County. ZIP code 96033. 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.
