Loyalton, California Weather
Loyalton, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Loyalton, Sierra County.
Full aviation weather for Loyalton is published on the Sierraville Dearwater Airport (KO79) page, 14 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 Loyalton 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 Loyalton: Reno-Stead Airport (KRTS) 31 km · Truckee Tahoe Airport (KTRK) 41 km · Reno Tahoe International Airport (KRNO) 45 km
Conditions reported at KO79 describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Loyalton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Loyalton, California
Loyalton rests in a broad valley, a pocket of relative flatland cradled by the imposing, pine-clad slopes of the Sierra Nevada. It lies 24.9 miles west-north-west of Reno, NV (from Reno, NV: bearing 294°T), and is situated 14.1 miles west of Cold Springs. The Feather River, a ribbon of cool, clear water, flows through its heart, its banks lined with cottonwoods that shimmer with a silvery light in the afternoon sun. Beyond the town's tidy grid of streets, the landscape rises sharply, a mosaic of granite outcroppings and dense evergreen forests, where the air carries the sharp, clean scent of pine needles and damp earth. The sky here seems larger, an expansive blue canvas that stretches unbroken from horizon to horizon, punctuated only by the distant, jagged peaks that guard the eastern approaches. This place, Loyalton, was born from the logging industry, its early days marked by the clang of axes and the rumble of timber carts. The sawmills are mostly gone now, relics of a bygone era, but the legacy of hard work and self-reliance persists. The local economy has diversified, finding new footing in ranching and the quiet allure of its natural surroundings, drawing visitors who seek the solace of mountain air and wide-open spaces. The old train depot, now a museum, stands as a quiet monument to the locomotives that once hauled lumber and passengers, a reminder of the arteries that connected this remote valley to the wider world. Evenings here are a study in slow dissolution, as the sun bleeds crimson and gold across the western mountains, a daily spectacle that paints the quiet streets in hues of amber and rose before the stars begin to prick the velvet darkness.
Live animated radar for Loyalton 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.
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| Location | Loyalton, Sierra County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.676294°N, 120.241038°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96118 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Loyalton, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Loyalton, 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 Loyalton includes coordinates 39.676294°N, 120.241038°W, situated in Sierra County. ZIP code 96118. 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.
