Hayfork, California Weather
Hayfork, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hayfork, Trinity County.
Full aviation weather for Hayfork is published on the Lonnie Pool Field Weaverville Airport (KO54) page, 31 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. 2 airfields within reach of Hayfork 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 Hayfork: Dinsmore Airport (KD63) 36 km
Conditions reported at KO54 describe the airfield itself. Weather 31 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hayfork specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hayfork.
About Hayfork, California
Hayfork rests in a wide, sun-drenched valley, a broad embrace of rolling hills that cradle it like a cupped hand. It lies 41.6 miles west of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 267°T), and is situated 17.6 miles south-west of Weaverville. The land here is a study in muted greens and ochres, a tapestry woven from grasses that shimmer gold in the afternoon light and stands of ponderosa pine that scent the air with their resinous perfume. Creeks, often mere silver threads in the drier months, wind their way through the valley floor, their banks often lined with willows and cottonwoods that offer a deeper, cooler shade. The sky overhead is a vast, often startling blue, a canvas for the slow drift of white clouds that cast fleeting shadows across the landscape, lending a sense of quiet permanence to the scene. The economic pulse of Hayfork has long been tied to the bounty of its surrounding forests and fertile soil. Generations have worked the timber, their lives marked by the rhythm of logging seasons, and the valley still bears the quiet legacy of that industry in the weathered barns and sturdy fences that dot the landscape. Agriculture, too, has sustained Hayfork, with cattle grazing on the open pastures and a scattering of small farms producing hay and other crops, their fields a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have worked this land. The town itself maintains a slow, deliberate pace, a place where porch swings creak in the evening breeze and conversations often drift into the soft twilight, a gentle reminder of a life lived in concert with the seasons.
Live animated radar for Hayfork 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 | Hayfork, Trinity County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.554311°N, 123.183084°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96041 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hayfork, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hayfork, 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 Hayfork includes coordinates 40.554311°N, 123.183084°W, situated in Trinity County. ZIP code 96041. 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.
