Kinyon, California Weather
Kinyon, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kinyon, Siskiyou County.
Full aviation weather for Kinyon is published on the Dunsmuir Muni-Mott Airport (K1O6) 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. 3 airfields within reach of Kinyon 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 Kinyon: Fall River Mills Airport (KO89) 48 km · Weed Airport (KO46) 52 km
Conditions reported at K1O6 describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kinyon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kinyon.
About Kinyon, California
Kinyon unfolds with a quiet dignity against a backdrop of Siskiyou County's grand, untamed spaces. It lies 54.0 miles north-north-east of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 29°T), and is situated 12.8 miles east of McCloud. The land here is a study in patient resilience, where the earth rises in broad, sweeping shoulders, often softened by the pervasive haze of pine and the distant whisper of wind through scattered junipers. It is a place where the sky feels vast and indifferent, a boundless canvas that shifts from the pale, watery blue of morning to the bruised, dramatic purples of evening. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint, sweet aroma of sun-baked earth and the resinous breath of the surrounding forests. Life in Kinyon moves with a deliberation that mirrors the slow geological processes that shaped its contours, a steady, unhurried pulse that seems to absorb the very light of the day. The history of Kinyon is as much about endurance as it is about settlement, a story etched into the land by prospectors and pioneers who sought fortune and a foothold in this rugged terrain. While the fever of gold rushes has long since subsided, the spirit of resourcefulness persists, manifesting in the quiet hum of local enterprises that cater to the enduring needs of the region. The economy here is tethered to the practicalities of logging and ranching, industries that demand a deep understanding of the land's rhythms and limitations. The landscape itself, a mix of rolling hills and steeper inclines, dictates the flow of life, channeling it through the small clusters of homes and businesses that comprise Kinyon, each one a testament to the quiet persistence of human endeavor in the face of nature's immensity.
Live animated radar for Kinyon 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 | Kinyon, Siskiyou County, California |
| Coordinates | 41.271271°N, 121.894165°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96057, 96040 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kinyon, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kinyon, 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 Kinyon includes coordinates 41.271271°N, 121.894165°W, situated in Siskiyou County. ZIP code 96057, 96040. 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.
