Los Molinos, California Weather
Los Molinos, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Los Molinos, Tehama County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
