Lake Davis, California Weather
Lake Davis, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lake Davis, Plumas County.
Full aviation weather for Lake Davis is published on the Sierraville Dearwater Airport (KO79) page, 34 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. 4 airfields within reach of Lake Davis 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 Davis: Amedee Army Air Field (KAHC) 52 km · Reno-Stead Airport (KRTS) 56 km · Susanville Municipal Airport (KSVE) 56 km
Conditions reported at KO79 describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lake Davis specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lake Davis.
About Lake Davis, California
Lake Davis, a jewel of Plumas County, lies cradled by the Sierra Nevada's verdant embrace, its waters a deep, cool blue mirroring the vast sky overhead. It lies 42.6 miles north-west of Reno, NV (from Reno, NV: bearing 304°T), and is situated 4.3 miles north of Portola. Pine and fir trees, ancient sentinels, crowd the shoreline, their needles whispering secrets to the wind that dances across the lake's surface, carrying the scent of damp earth and sun-baked bark. The terrain around Lake Davis is a rugged, undulating landscape, where granite outcroppings peek through carpets of wild grasses and the occasional vibrant splash of lupine. In the stillness, the air itself feels alive, charged with the silent energy of the wild, a palpable presence that settles deep within the bones. The history of this region, and by extension Lake Davis, is deeply entwined with the quest for gold and the enduring spirit of those who sought fortune in these mountains. While mining's feverish pulse has long since faded, the echoes of its past remain, a subtle undercurrent in the quiet lives that now unfold here. The local economy, once driven by extraction, has gracefully shifted towards the bounty of nature itself. Fishing, particularly for the famed trout that inhabit these waters, draws visitors from afar, their quiet patience a counterpoint to the restless ambition of earlier times. The rhythm of life in Lake Davis is one of measured calm, punctuated by the call of a hawk or the distant murmur of a chainsaw from a logging operation, a reminder of the ongoing, respectful dialogue between human endeavor and the untamed wilderness.
Live animated radar for Lake Davis 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 Davis, Plumas County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.872678°N, 120.478827°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96122 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake Davis, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake Davis, 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 Davis includes coordinates 39.872678°N, 120.478827°W, situated in Plumas County. ZIP code 96122. 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.
