Ruth, California Weather
Ruth, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ruth, Trinity County.
Full aviation weather for Ruth is published on the Dinsmore Airport (KD63) page, 34 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. 3 airfields within reach of Ruth 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 Ruth: Garberville Airport (KO16) 47 km · Round Valley Airport (KO09) 54 km
Conditions reported at KD63 describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ruth specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ruth.
About Ruth, California
Ruth is a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath. It lies 53.6 miles west-south-west of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 246°T), and is situated 21.0 miles south-south-west of Hayfork. The Trinity River, a restless, silver ribbon, threads its way through a landscape of steep, wooded hillsides, their slopes cloaked in a dense tapestry of Douglas fir, redwood, and madrone. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broken shafts, illuminating patches of fern and the damp, dark earth. The air here carries the scent of pine needles and the cool, mineral tang of the river, a constant, low hum beneath the rustle of leaves. In the stillness, you can almost hear the mountains breathing, a slow, deep exhalation of ancient stone and growing things. This corner of Trinity County was, for a time, a place of fervent hope and hard labor, tied to the fortunes of logging and, in earlier days, the whisper of gold in the streambeds. The economy of Ruth has always been as wild and unpredictable as the seasons, a dependence on the bounty of the forest and the capricious flow of the river. The passing years have softened the edges of industry, leaving behind a quiet resilience, a community that draws its character from the enduring strength of the natural world. The river remains the lifeblood, its waters reflecting the ever-changing sky and the silent procession of clouds that drift over the emerald-green ridges.
Live animated radar for Ruth 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 | Ruth, Trinity County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.269591°N, 123.321414°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95552 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ruth, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ruth, 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 Ruth includes coordinates 40.269591°N, 123.321414°W, situated in Trinity County. ZIP code 95552. 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.
