Scott Bar, California Weather
Scott Bar, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Scott Bar, Siskiyou County.
Full aviation weather for Scott Bar is published on the Scott Valley Airport (KA30) page, 24 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. 5 airfields within reach of Scott Bar 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 Scott Bar: Happy Camp Airport (K36S) 32 km · Montague-Yreka Rohrer Field (K1O5) 38 km · Siskiyou County Airport (KSIY) 45 km · Weed Airport (KO46) 54 km
Conditions reported at KA30 describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Scott Bar specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Scott Bar.
About Scott Bar, California
Scott Bar rests in a deep canyon where the Klamath River, a cool, jade ribbon, has spent millennia patiently carving its way through ancient mountains. It lies 40.9 miles south of Medford, OR (from Medford, OR: bearing 189°T), and is situated 19.1 miles west of Yreka. The air here carries the scent of pine needles warmed by the sun and the damp, mineral tang of the riverbed. Douglas firs and ponderosa pines climb the steep slopes, their dark green a stark contrast against the pale, sun-bleached rock faces that rise like silent sentinels. Small patches of cleared land, where hardy gardens and modest homes cling to the inclines, offer glimpses of human endeavor against the vast, indifferent wilderness. The light, especially in the late afternoon, softens the harsh edges, casting long, ethereal shadows that stretch and deepen as the day wanes. The history of Scott Bar is as rugged and persistent as the landscape itself, a tale etched in the gold dust that once shimmered in the river’s gravel bars. For generations, miners, drawn by the promise of fortune, worked these banks, their efforts yielding a rich if fleeting bounty. Today, that legacy lingers not in bustling saloons but in the quiet persistence of those who call Scott Bar home, their economy now more closely tied to the river’s bounty through fishing and the enduring appeal of its natural beauty. The occasional rumble of a truck on the winding road that traces the river’s course is a reminder of its connection to the outside world, a world that feels distant and hushed when the wind whispers through the pines.
Live animated radar for Scott Bar 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 | Scott Bar, Siskiyou County, California |
| Coordinates | 41.7418°N, 123.004204°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96085 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Scott Bar, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Scott Bar, 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 Scott Bar includes coordinates 41.741800°N, 123.004204°W, situated in Siskiyou County. ZIP code 96085. 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.
