Lake City, California Weather
Lake City, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lake City, Modoc County.
Full aviation weather for Lake City is published on the Cedarville Airport (KO59) page, 11 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 Lake City 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 Lake City: Fort Bidwell Airport (KA28) 27 km · Alturas Municipal Airport (KAAT) 34 km · California Pines Airport (KA24) 47 km · Lake County Airport (KLKV) 60 km
Conditions reported at KO59 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lake City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lake City.
About Lake City, California
Lake City exhales a quietude born of high desert winds and the vast, pale sky that stretches endlessly above its modest collection of buildings. It lies 134.7 miles east-north-east of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 56°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north-north-west of Cedarville. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, a tapestry of sagebrush and resilient grasses that cling to the gentle slopes leading toward the shimmering expanse of its namesake lake. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a crisp, almost crystalline quality, hinting at the stark beauty of the Modoc Plateau, a place where the earth itself seems to hold its breath. The horizon is a clean, unbroken line, interrupted only by the distant, stoic presence of volcanic peaks that stand as silent sentinels to this remote corner of the world. This is a place where history is not a grand pronouncement but a whispered echo in the wind, a legacy of pioneers who sought sustenance and solitude in this rugged terrain. The local economy, like the land itself, is hardy and unassuming, largely sustained by ranching and the quiet ebb and flow of tourism drawn to the lake’s recreational offerings. Evidence of past endeavors, perhaps a weathered fence line or a forgotten homestead, can still be found if one looks closely, remnants of lives lived with a fierce independence. The rhythm of Lake City is not dictated by the clock but by the seasons, a slow, deliberate unfolding of days marked by the turning sun and the predictable patterns of nature.
Live animated radar for Lake City 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 | Lake City, Modoc County, California |
| Coordinates | 41.642671°N, 120.216893°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95959, 96115 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake City, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake City, 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 Lake City includes coordinates 41.642671°N, 120.216893°W, situated in Modoc County. ZIP code 95959, 96115. 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.
