Rough and Ready, California Weather
Rough and Ready, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rough and Ready, Nevada County.
Full aviation weather for Rough and Ready is published on the Nevada County Airport (KGOO) page, 12 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 Rough and Ready 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 Rough and Ready: Beale Air Force Base (KBAB) 28 km · Auburn Municipal Airport (KAUN) 31 km · Blue Canyon Nyack Airport (KBLU) 37 km · Yuba County Airport (KMYV) 40 km · Lincoln Regional Karl Harder Field (KLHM) 40 km
Conditions reported at KGOO describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rough and Ready specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rough and Ready.
About Rough and Ready, California
Rough and Ready sprawls across a landscape of rolling hills, where golden grasses shimmer under a vast Nevada County sky. It lies 24.9 miles north-north-east of Lincoln, CA (from Lincoln, CA: bearing 20°T), and is situated 4.1 miles west of Grass Valley. The air, often carrying the faint scent of pine needles warmed by the sun, hangs still in the afternoons, a prelude to the cool evenings that descend with a gentle, almost mournful, sigh. Oak trees, their branches gnarled like ancient fingers, punctuate the terrain, their shadows stretching long and dark across the dusty roads. Life here moves with a quiet deliberation, a mindful pace dictated by the natural world rather than the clamor of industry. This place, Rough and Ready, whispers tales of its gold rush origins, a time when prospectors with dreams as vast as the Sierra Nevada mountains sought their fortunes in the earth. Though the feverish rush has long since subsided, the echoes of that era linger in the weathered structures and the resilient spirit of its people. Today, the local economy finds its footing in the surrounding agricultural lands and a quiet tourism that draws visitors seeking respite from the bustle of larger cities, appreciating the unpretentious charm and the genuine warmth offered by this enduring corner of California.
Live animated radar for Rough and Ready 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 | Rough and Ready, Nevada County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.230172°N, 121.136064°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95975, 95959 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rough and Ready, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rough and Ready, 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 Rough and Ready includes coordinates 39.230172°N, 121.136064°W, situated in Nevada County. ZIP code 95975, 95959. 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.
