Grimes, California Weather
Grimes, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Grimes, Colusa County.
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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.
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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 | July 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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
