Sugarloaf, California Weather
Sugarloaf, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sugarloaf, Shasta County.
Full aviation weather for Sugarloaf is published on the Trinity Center Airport (KO86) page, 29 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 Sugarloaf 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 Sugarloaf: Redding Municipal Airport (KRDD) 40 km · Lonnie Pool Field Weaverville Airport (KO54) 46 km · Dunsmuir Muni-Mott Airport (K1O6) 46 km
Conditions reported at KO86 describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sugarloaf specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sugarloaf.
About Sugarloaf, California
Sugarloaf rises from the foothills, a broad, rounded shoulder of earth against a sky that often burns with the fierce, clean light of Northern California. It lies 18.8 miles north of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 359°T), and is situated 3.4 miles south-south-west of Lakehead. The land here is a study in resilient scrub and tenacious pines, their branches reaching out like weathered hands towards the sun. Oak woodlands, their limbs gnarled and ancient, punctuate the slopes, offering dappled shade that shifts with the slow arc of the day. The air, especially in the mornings, carries a crispness, a subtle scent of dry grass and pine needles that speaks of a climate both warm and dry, a place where the earth itself seems to hold its breath. This region of Sugarloaf, once traversed by prospectors and settlers drawn by the whisper of gold, now finds its pulse in the quiet hum of agriculture and the steady work of its residents. The economy is rooted in the land, with ranches and orchards dotting the landscape, their harvests contributing to the local character. While the echoes of its mining past are faint, a tangible sense of continuity persists, a feeling of lives lived in close communion with the rhythms of the seasons. The roads that wind through Sugarloaf are more than just thoroughfares; they are ribbons of memory, connecting the present to the generations who shaped this corner of Shasta County.
Live animated radar for Sugarloaf 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 | Sugarloaf, Shasta County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.858205°N, 122.396956°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96051, 92386 |
| Area Code | 530, 909 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sugarloaf, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sugarloaf, 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 Sugarloaf includes coordinates 40.858205°N, 122.396956°W, situated in Shasta County. ZIP code 96051, 92386. Telephone area code: 530, 909. 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.
