Grimes, California Weather
Grimes, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Grimes, Colusa County.
Full aviation weather for Grimes is published on the Colusa County Airport (KO08) page, 14 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 Grimes 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 Grimes: Sutter County Airport (KO52) 26 km · Yuba County Airport (KMYV) 28 km · Beale Air Force Base (KBAB) 40 km · Sacramento International Airport (KSMF) 50 km · Lincoln Regional Karl Harder Field (KLHM) 50 km
Conditions reported at KO08 describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Grimes specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Grimes.
About Grimes, California
Grimes lies low and wide, a scatter of buildings embracing the rich, alluvial soil of the Sacramento Valley floor. It lies 15.5 miles west-south-west of Yuba City, CA (from Yuba City, CA: bearing 253°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east-north-east of Arbuckle. The land here is a study in patient agriculture, a vast canvas of green and gold that stretches to the hazy blue of distant foothills, broken only by the occasional stand of cottonwoods along the irrigation ditches. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a scent of drying earth and sun-baked stubble, a dry, clean fragrance that settles into the lungs. Evenings bring a peculiar stillness, a quiet hum of crickets and the distant rumble of a truck on the highway, as the sky bleeds from a pale, washed-out blue into bruised purples and fiery oranges. The history of Grimes is written in the fertile earth and the persistent flow of water, a testament to the agricultural spirit that has shaped this corner of Colusa County. For generations, the land has yielded its bounty of rice, corn, and safflower, fueling a local economy deeply rooted in farming and its associated industries. The very character of Grimes is one of quiet resilience, a place where life moves with a steady, unhurried cadence, dictated by the seasons and the needs of the crops. While not a place of grand monuments, its distinctive charm lies in this agrarian heart, in the subtle beauty of its wide-open spaces and the enduring connection of its people to the land they cultivate.
Live animated radar for Grimes 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 | Grimes, Colusa County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.074338°N, 121.893858°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95950 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Grimes, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Grimes, 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 Grimes includes coordinates 39.074338°N, 121.893858°W, situated in Colusa County. ZIP code 95950. 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.
