Macdoel, California Weather
Macdoel, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Macdoel, Siskiyou County.
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About Macdoel, California
Macdoel rests in a wide, high valley, a place where the sky feels vast and the distant mountains, their peaks sometimes dusted with snow even in early summer, form a rugged, blue-gray horizon. It lies 56.4 miles south-east of Medford, OR (from Medford, OR: bearing 127°T), and is situated 10.7 miles south-south-west of Dorris. The land itself is a patchwork of ochre fields and darker green pastures, bisected by the gentle curve of the Shasta River, its water a cool, clear ribbon reflecting the immense, ever-changing sky. The air here, especially in the mornings, carries a crispness, a clean scent of dry earth and pine that speaks of elevation and isolation. The light, too, has a particular quality, sharp and bright during the day, then softening into a warm, golden haze as the sun begins its descent, painting the western slopes in hues of rose and lavender. The history of Macdoel is tied to the land's bounty, a story of agriculture and the hardy souls who coaxed a living from this sometimes unforgiving terrain. For generations, cattle ranches and fields of grain have been the economic backbone of Macdoel, the land yielding its harvest under the tireless sun. You can still see the weathered barns and sturdy farmhouses that dot the landscape, silent witnesses to the enduring spirit of this place. The Shasta Valley offers a quiet rhythm, a pace dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land, where neighbors still know each other's names and the silence is often broken only by the lowing of cattle or the distant hum of a tractor.
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| Location | Macdoel, Siskiyou County, California |
| Coordinates | 41.826815°N, 122.005285°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96058 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Macdoel, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Macdoel, 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 Macdoel includes coordinates 41.826815°N, 122.005285°W, situated in Siskiyou County. ZIP code 96058. 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.
