Pondosa, California Weather
Pondosa, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pondosa, Siskiyou County.
Full aviation weather for Pondosa is published on the Fall River Mills Airport (KO89) page, 29 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. 2 airfields within reach of Pondosa 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 Pondosa: Dunsmuir Muni-Mott Airport (K1O6) 49 km
Conditions reported at KO89 describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pondosa specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pondosa.
About Pondosa, California
Pondosa exhales a quiet breath of pine-scented air, a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath. It lies 56.0 miles north-east of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 41°T), and is situated 19.7 miles north of Johnson Park. The terrain here is a study in gentle slopes and shadowed hollows, the earth a rich loam carpeted in the deep greens of conifers and the muted browns of fallen needles. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, arrives in diffused shafts, illuminating dust motes dancing in the stillness. The air carries the clean, sharp tang of resin, a constant companion to the rustle of wind through the high branches. This is a landscape of subtle shifts, where the grandeur of the surrounding mountains is hinted at by the distant, hazy blue peaks that frame the horizon. The history of Pondosa is deeply entwined with the bounty of its forests, a legacy of logging that shaped its early days and continues to influence its character. Sawdust memories cling to the air, a phantom scent overlaying the current quietude. The economy, once driven by the roar of chainsaws and the clang of machinery, now finds a steadier pulse in more diversified pursuits, though the deep woods still hold a certain sway. Local traditions are whispered in the creak of old wooden structures and the familiar faces that greet one another on the infrequent errands through the heart of Pondosa. It is a place where the passage of time feels measured not by ticking clocks, but by the slow, deliberate growth of the trees and the patient turning of the seasons.
Live animated radar for Pondosa 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 | Pondosa, Siskiyou County, California |
| Coordinates | 41.199327°N, 121.688881°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96057, 96071 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pondosa, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pondosa, 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 Pondosa includes coordinates 41.199327°N, 121.688881°W, situated in Siskiyou County. ZIP code 96057, 96071. 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.
