Island Mountain, California Weather
Island Mountain, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Island Mountain, Trinity County.
Full aviation weather for Island Mountain is published on the Garberville Airport (KO16) page, 28 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 Island Mountain 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 Island Mountain: Round Valley Airport (KO09) 32 km · Dinsmore Airport (KD63) 53 km
Conditions reported at KO16 describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Island Mountain specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Island Mountain.
About Island Mountain, California
Island Mountain rises from the wilder edges of Trinity County, a place where the Pacific's damp breath still struggles to reach inland, leaving a landscape of rugged, timber-clad slopes that plunge into deep canyons. It lies 64.3 miles south-south-east of Eureka, CA (from Eureka, CA: bearing 146°T), and is situated 16.9 miles east-south-east of Garberville. The air here carries the clean, resinous scent of Douglas fir and ponderosa pine, a fragrance that intensifies in the cool, shadowed valleys where unseen creeks murmur over moss-slicked stones. Sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating patches of ferns and the occasional flash of a Steller's jay's iridescent blue. The terrain itself is a testament to the earth's slow, powerful forces, a jumble of steep inclines and narrow ridges, demanding a deliberate, mindful approach from anyone traversing its wild heart. The history of Island Mountain is as intertwined with the land as the ancient oaks themselves, a story shaped by logging and a resilient independence. For generations, the economy here was tethered to the extraction of timber, the rhythmic growl of chainsaws once a familiar sound echoing through these hills. Now, the pace has softened, the echoes fading into a quieter existence. While the grand logging operations have largely ceased, a spirit of self-sufficiency persists, with many residents finding sustenance through smaller-scale ranching or the quiet cultivation of gardens that spill over with produce. The isolation that once defined Island Mountain has also fostered a distinct character, a community that values its privacy and the enduring connection to the wild beauty that surrounds it.
Live animated radar for Island Mountain 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 | Island Mountain, Trinity County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.026261°N, 123.490301°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95595, 95519 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Island Mountain, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Island Mountain, 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 Island Mountain includes coordinates 40.026261°N, 123.490301°W, situated in Trinity County. ZIP code 95595, 95519. 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.
