Los Molinos, California Weather
Los Molinos, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Los Molinos, Tehama County.
Full aviation weather for Los Molinos is published on the Corning Municipal Airport (K0O4) page, 10 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. 6 airfields within reach of Los Molinos 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 Los Molinos: Red Bluff Municipal Airport (KRBL) 19 km · Chico Regional Airport (KCIC) 32 km · Haigh Field (KO37) 34 km · Redding Municipal Airport (KRDD) 57 km · Willows Glenn County Airport (KWLW) 57 km
Conditions reported at K0O4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Los Molinos specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Los Molinos.
About Los Molinos, California
Los Molinos unfolds onto a landscape of gentle slopes, where the Tehama County sun, a persistent golden eye, surveys fields that stretch like rumpled blankets toward the distant, hazy blue of the southern Cascade foothills. It lies 24.6 miles north-west of Chico, CA (from Chico, CA: bearing 326°T), and is situated 7.7 miles north-north-east of Corning. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, earthy perfume, a blend of sun-baked soil and the sweet, faint scent of ripening almonds. Oak trees, their branches gnarled and reaching like ancient, arthritic fingers, punctuate the rolling terrain, offering dappled shade to the quiet roads and scattered homesteads. The Sacramento River, a broad, languid ribbon of silver, glints in the distance, its presence a constant, murmuring counterpoint to the stillness. The character of Los Molinos is deeply rooted in the fertile soil that surrounds it, a testament to generations of agricultural endeavor. Once, this land thrummed with the industry of milling, giving the place its enduring name, and though the great water wheels are long gone, the spirit of cultivation persists. Almond orchards, their neat rows a geometric precision against the natural contours of the land, dominate the local economy, their pale blossoms a brief, ethereal snow in spring. This is a place where the pace of life is dictated by the sun and the seasons, where neighbors still wave from pickup trucks and the evenings bring a profound, star-dusted quiet. The shadow of the past, of a simpler, more labor-intensive era, still lingers in the weathered barns and the stoic, enduring faces of the people who call Los Molinos home.
Live animated radar for Los Molinos 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 | Los Molinos, Tehama County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.021268°N, 122.100267°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96055 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Los Molinos, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Los Molinos, 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 Los Molinos includes coordinates 40.021268°N, 122.100267°W, situated in Tehama County. ZIP code 96055. 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.
