Horse Creek, California Weather
Horse Creek, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Horse Creek, Siskiyou County.
Full aviation weather for Horse Creek is published on the Scott Valley Airport (KA30) page, 32 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. 5 airfields within reach of Horse Creek 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 Horse Creek: Happy Camp Airport (K36S) 33 km · Montague-Yreka Rohrer Field (K1O5) 39 km · Siskiyou County Airport (KSIY) 44 km · Weed Airport (KO46) 59 km
Conditions reported at KA30 describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Horse Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Horse Creek.
About Horse Creek, California
Horse Creek exhales a scent of sun-baked pine and the cool, shadowed breath of damp earth, a characteristic fragrance that clings to the air even as the afternoon sun mellows into a buttery light. It lies 35.3 miles south of Medford, OR (from Medford, OR: bearing 190°T), and is situated 19.7 miles west-north-west of Yreka. Here, the land rises and falls in gentle, rolling hills, cloaked in a dense tapestry of Douglas fir, ponderosa pine, and madrone, their rough bark a tactile counterpoint to the smooth, grey river stones that tumble along the creek's edge. The creek itself, a ribbon of cool, clear water, chatters over its bed, its murmur a constant, soothing presence, a song sung by countless seasons of meltwater and rain. Wildflowers, small bursts of improbable color, dot the meadows that open like secrets between the trees, their petals catching the fleeting gold of the waning light. The history of Horse Creek is as deeply rooted as the ancient cedars that guard its slopes, a story whispered in the rustle of leaves and the echoes of forgotten footsteps. For generations, this valley has nurtured a spirit of self-reliance, a quiet industriousness born from the fertile soil and the abundant timber. The local economy, long tied to the land, still finds its pulse in small-scale ranching and the careful harvesting of the forest's bounty, a sustainable dance with nature that has sustained Horse Creek through changing times. The memory of early settlers, their perseverance etched into the very character of the place, lingers in the weathered barns and the sturdy fences that trace the contours of the hills, a testament to a life lived in close communion with the wild heart of Siskiyou County.
Live animated radar for Horse 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 | Horse Creek, Siskiyou County, California |
| Coordinates | 41.824021°N, 122.996982°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96050, 96045 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Horse Creek, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Horse 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 Horse Creek includes coordinates 41.824021°N, 122.996982°W, situated in Siskiyou County. ZIP code 96050, 96045. 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.
