Pumpkin Center, California Weather
Pumpkin Center, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pumpkin Center, Lassen County.
Full aviation weather for Pumpkin Center is published on the Adin Airport (KA26) page, 15 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 Pumpkin Center 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 Pumpkin Center: Fall River Mills Airport (KO89) 29 km · California Pines Airport (KA24) 49 km · Spalding Airport (K1Q2) 58 km
Conditions reported at KA26 describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pumpkin Center specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pumpkin Center.
About Pumpkin Center, California
Pumpkin Center lies in a vast, open expanse where the earth seems to exhale into the sky. It lies 76.3 miles east-north-east of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 61°T), and is situated 39.2 miles south-west of Alturas. The land rolls with a gentle, persistent undulation, a muted tapestry of sagebrush and hardy grasses that shimmer under the immense blue. Distant mountains, softened by haze, form a ragged horizon, their peaks hinting at ancient geological forces. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint perfume of sun-baked earth and the resinous whisper of distant pines. Here, the sun asserts its dominion, casting long, sharp shadows in the early morning and bathing the landscape in a molten gold as it sinks toward the western ridges. The story of Pumpkin Center is written not in grand edifices, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the land that sustains them. Its economy, once tied to the transient fortunes of nearby mining ventures, has found a steadier rhythm in ranching and agriculture, where the cultivation of hardy crops and the raising of livestock are a testament to resilience. The very name, a whimsical nod to a bygone harvest, belies the seriousness of the labor that has shaped this place. Evidence of past endeavors can still be found in the weathered remnants of old homesteads, silent sentinels against the sweep of the wind, a quiet reminder of the generations who have worked this soil and watched over these skies.
Live animated radar for Pumpkin Center 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 | Pumpkin Center, Lassen County, California |
| Coordinates | 41.109889°N, 121.106638°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96009, 93313 |
| Area Code | 530, 661 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pumpkin Center, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pumpkin Center, 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 Pumpkin Center includes coordinates 41.109889°N, 121.106638°W, situated in Lassen County. ZIP code 96009, 93313. Telephone area code: 530, 661. 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.
