Hat Creek, California Weather
Hat Creek, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hat Creek, Shasta County.
Full aviation weather for Hat Creek is published on the Fall River Mills Airport (KO89) page, 22 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KO89 describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hat Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hat Creek.
About Hat Creek, California
Hat Creek flows through a land sculpted by ancient volcanic forces, where meadows carpet the gentler slopes and dark, jagged lava flows scar the steeper inclines. It lies 49.0 miles east-north-east of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 70°T), and is situated 8.5 miles east-south-east of Burney. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of pine and sun-baked earth, a fragrance that clings to the sparse vegetation and the weathered wood of scattered ranch houses. Above, the sky is an immense, washed-out blue, often punctuated by the sharp, watchful silhouette of a hawk circling on unseen currents. The land itself seems to hold its breath, a quiet witness to the slow passage of seasons, where the only sounds are the whisper of wind through the sparse manzanita and the distant, almost mournful cry of a coyote. The history of Hat Creek is intertwined with the hardy souls who sought a living from this rugged terrain, their endeavors etched into the very character of the place. Ranching has long been the lifeblood, with generations of families tending cattle on the open range, their lives dictated by the cycles of drought and rainfall. The arid climate and volcanic soil limit extensive agriculture, pushing the local economy towards livestock and a quiet tourism drawn by the region's natural beauty and the allure of its wild spaces. Evidence of earlier inhabitants can be found in the scattered remnants of Native American life, a subtle reminder of the deep time that predates even the earliest settlers. The pace of life in Hat Creek is unhurried, a deliberate counterpoint to the clamor of more populated areas, where the subtle changes of the landscape and the predictable rhythm of the seasons serve as the true markers of time.
Live animated radar for Hat Creek 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Hat Creek, Shasta County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.830438°N, 121.513592°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96040 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hat Creek, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hat Creek, 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 Hat Creek includes coordinates 40.830438°N, 121.513592°W, situated in Shasta County. ZIP code 96040. 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.
