Sierra City, California Weather
Sierra City, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sierra City, Sierra County.
Full aviation weather for Sierra City is published on the Sierraville Dearwater Airport (KO79) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Sierra City 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 Sierra City: Blue Canyon Nyack Airport (KBLU) 33 km · Nevada County Airport (KGOO) 50 km · Truckee Tahoe Airport (KTRK) 50 km
Conditions reported at KO79 describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sierra City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sierra City.
About Sierra City, California
Sierra City rises from the rugged embrace of the Sierra Nevada, a scattering of weathered buildings clinging to the steep slopes of the Yuba River’s North Fork. It lies 43.8 miles west of Reno, NV (from Reno, NV: bearing 274°T), and is situated 19.0 miles south-south-west of Portola. The air here, crisp and carrying the scent of pine and damp earth, often holds a quiet stillness, broken only by the rush of water or the distant cry of a hawk. Towering granite peaks, their shoulders dusted with snow for much of the year, stand sentinel over the valley, their flanks a mosaic of dark evergreen and sun-bleached rock. The Yuba, a powerful artery of glacial melt and spring runoff, carves its way through the landscape, its voice a constant, resonant hum that underpins the very character of Sierra City. This place was forged in the crucible of the California Gold Rush, a history etched into the very bones of its streets and the weathered timbers of its old saloons. Prospectors once swarmed these canyons, their hopes and hardships woven into the fabric of the land, and the echoes of their endeavors still linger. Though the fever for gold has long since cooled, the spirit of resilience persists, with a small but determined population now sustained by the bounty of the surrounding forests and the steady trickle of visitors drawn to the raw beauty of Sierra County. The economy, like the river, flows with a deliberate, unhurried current, a testament to a life lived in close communion with the wild, untamed heart of the mountains.
Live animated radar for Sierra City 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 | Sierra City, Sierra County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.565733°N, 120.633827°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96125 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sierra City, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sierra City, 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 Sierra City includes coordinates 39.565733°N, 120.633827°W, situated in Sierra County. ZIP code 96125. 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.
