Homestead, California Weather
Homestead, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Homestead, Modoc County.
Full aviation weather for Homestead is published on the Tulelake Municipal Airport (KO81) page, 6 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. 3 airfields within reach of Homestead 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 Homestead: Crater Lake-Klamath Regional Airport (KLMT) 37 km · Butte Valley Airport (KA32) 46 km
Conditions reported at KO81 describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Homestead specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Homestead.
About Homestead, California
Homestead rests in a wide, sun-baked basin where the Modoc Plateau begins to roll and stretch toward the horizon. It lies 79.7 miles east-south-east of Medford, OR (from Medford, OR: bearing 110°T), and is situated 4.1 miles south-east of Tulelake. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, a tapestry of sagebrush, hardy grasses, and the occasional gnarled juniper that seems to have wrestled its existence from the dry soil. The sky overhead is an immense, boundless dome, often a startling, crystalline blue, and when the wind sighs through the sparse vegetation, it carries the scent of dust and distant pine. The air itself feels light, almost brittle, and in the late afternoon, the sun bleeds a warm, golden light across the landscape, softening the sharp edges of the low hills and painting long shadows that stretch like weary travelers. Homestead’s story is etched in the grit and determination of those who sought a life here when the railroad first ribboned through this country. The local economy has long been tied to the land, with ranching and agriculture, particularly hay and alfalfa, forming the backbone of its sustenance, the scent of freshly cut feed sometimes drifting on the breeze. While the days of significant mining have long passed, the echoes of that industrious past can still be felt in the quiet resilience of the community. Today, Homestead remains a place where folks know their neighbors, where the pace of life is dictated less by the clock and more by the turning of the seasons and the needs of the livestock, a quiet heartbeat in the vast expanse of Modoc County.
Live animated radar for Homestead 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 | Homestead, Modoc County, California |
| Coordinates | 41.91349°N, 121.423046°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96134, 96130 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Homestead, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Homestead, 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 Homestead includes coordinates 41.913490°N, 121.423046°W, situated in Modoc County. ZIP code 96134, 96130. 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.
