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, Nevada County.
Full aviation weather for Lake City is published on the Nevada County Airport (KGOO) page, 16 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: Blue Canyon Nyack Airport (KBLU) 22 km · Auburn Municipal Airport (KAUN) 46 km · Beale Air Force Base (KBAB) 49 km · Sierraville Dearwater Airport (KO79) 56 km
Conditions reported at KGOO describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 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 sprawls across a high plateau, where the Sierra Nevada’s granite bones push through a carpet of pine and fir. It lies 37.4 miles north-north-east of Lincoln, CA (from Lincoln, CA: bearing 30°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north-north-east of Nevada City. The air here is thin and crisp, carrying the scent of resin and the distant promise of snow even in the height of summer. Rolling hills, softened by centuries of wind and weather, cradle meadows that blaze with wildflowers in spring, their colors so vivid they seem to hum. Above, the sky is an impossibly deep blue, often streaked with the feathery trails of high-flying birds, and at dusk, the western horizon bleeds into hues of apricot and rose, painting the rugged peaks in ephemeral light. The land itself feels ancient, a silent witness to seasons of thaw and freeze, its contours shaped by forces that dwarf human endeavor. This is a place forever marked by the echoes of gold. Lake City, born in the feverish days of the California Gold Rush, still carries the grit and determination of its founders in its very character. Though the mines are largely silent now, their legacy persists in the sturdy architecture of the older buildings and the independent spirit of its residents. The local economy, once fueled by the glint of precious metal, has diversified into a mix of small businesses, tourism drawn to the nearby natural beauty, and a quiet agricultural presence that thrives in the surprisingly fertile soil of the valleys. A distinctive charm emanates from Lake City, a blend of frontier resilience and a deep appreciation for the wild, untamed landscape that surrounds it, a place where the past is not forgotten but lives on in the present.
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, Nevada County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.358506°N, 120.941614°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 39.358506°N, 120.941614°W, situated in Nevada 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.
