Hillcrest, California Weather
Hillcrest, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hillcrest, Shasta County.
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About Hillcrest, California
Hillcrest unfolds across the rugged contours of the land, a scattering of homes and businesses clinging to the slopes where the Great Basin’s arid breath meets the Sierra Nevada’s shadowed flanks. It lies 31.7 miles north-east of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 53°T), and is situated 13.0 miles west of Burney. The air, thin and sharp, carries the scent of sun-baked sagebrush and the distant, cool whisper of pine forests that climb higher into the blue. Dust motes dance in the shafts of sunlight that slant across weathered fences and the occasional sturdy oak, their gnarled branches reaching like ancient supplicants. The landscape here is one of stark, enduring beauty, a place where the earth itself seems to hold its breath under the vast, indifferent sky, and the silence is broken only by the wind’s low hum. The character of Hillcrest is deeply entwined with the gold that once pulsed through these hills, a legacy etched in the abandoned shafts and the lingering ghost towns that dot the surrounding terrain. While the fervent rush of prospectors has long since faded, a hardy spirit of self-reliance and a quiet pragmatism remain. The local economy, once fueled by the promise of quick riches, now finds its rhythm in the more grounded pursuits of ranching and the steady, if less spectacular, extraction of minerals. Visitors might still find a few weathered signs pointing towards forgotten claims, a subtle reminder of the boom-and-bust cycles that have shaped this corner of Shasta County, where history and the enduring power of the land are palpable in the very dust underfoot.
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| Location | Hillcrest, Shasta County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.863767°N, 121.908607°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92103, 96065, 93306 |
| Area Code | 530, 661 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hillcrest, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hillcrest, 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 Hillcrest includes coordinates 40.863767°N, 121.908607°W, situated in Shasta County. ZIP code 92103, 96065, 93306. Telephone area code: 530, 661. 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.
