Richvale, California Weather
Richvale, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Richvale, Butte County.
Full aviation weather for Richvale is published on the Oroville Municipal Airport (KOVE) page, 10 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. 6 airfields within reach of Richvale 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 Richvale: Chico Regional Airport (KCIC) 35 km · Willows Glenn County Airport (KWLW) 41 km · Colusa County Airport (KO08) 41 km · Haigh Field (KO37) 43 km · Sutter County Airport (KO52) 43 km
Conditions reported at KOVE describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Richvale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Richvale.
About Richvale, California
Richvale rests in a broad, fertile basin, a place where the land unfurls itself under a wide California sky. It lies 17.0 miles south-south-east of Chico, CA (from Chico, CA: bearing 163°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-north-west of Gridley. The terrain here is a gentle sweep of low hills giving way to flat, cultivated fields, the earth a rich, dark loam that holds the promise of growth. Oak trees, gnarled and ancient, dot the landscape, their branches reaching like weathered hands against the horizon. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a subtle sweetness, a blend of ripening crops and the dry, sun-baked earth, a scent that clings to the senses long after the sun dips below the western hills. This is a place where the land dictates the pace, where the seasons paint the fields in broad strokes of green, gold, and brown. The history of Richvale is tied to the bounty of this land, its economy deeply rooted in agriculture. For generations, families have worked this soil, coaxing sustenance from its depths, their livelihoods a testament to resilience and hard work. The primary crops tell the story of the region's prosperity, a continuous cycle of planting and harvest that defines the year. The rhythm of the seasons, the hum of tractors in the distance, the quiet mornings before the heat sets in—these are the markers of life in Richvale. It's a place that feels grounded, unpretentious, where the most notable landmarks are the silos that pierce the sky and the well-tended farms that stretch towards the distant mountains.
Live animated radar for Richvale 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 | Richvale, Butte County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.493775°N, 121.744698°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95965, 95974 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Richvale, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Richvale, 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 Richvale includes coordinates 39.493775°N, 121.744698°W, situated in Butte County. ZIP code 95965, 95974. 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.
