Summit City, California Weather
Summit City, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Summit City, Shasta County.
Full aviation weather for Summit City is published on the Redding Municipal Airport (KRDD) page, 22 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 Summit 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 Summit City: Trinity Center Airport (KO86) 41 km · Lonnie Pool Field Weaverville Airport (KO54) 44 km
Conditions reported at KRDD describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Summit City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Summit City.
About Summit City, California
Summit City unfolds in a rugged embrace of the Northern California landscape, a place where the earth seems to heave itself into dramatic, forested swells. It lies 7.3 miles north of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 355°T), and is situated 1.8 miles west-north-west of Shasta Lake. The air here carries the crisp, resinous scent of pine and fir, a constant, fragrant reminder of the vast wilderness that presses in from all sides. Shadows stretch long and deep across the uneven terrain, even in the midday sun, creating a chiaroscuro effect that lends a certain gravity to the scene. The very ground underfoot, a patchwork of pine needles and the occasional exposed granite outcrop, speaks of a land shaped by powerful, ancient forces, a testament to the earth's enduring, unyielding character. The story of Summit City is intrinsically linked to the veins of ore that once pulsed beneath its surface, a narrative of boom and bust etched into the very foundations of its existence. Prospectors, drawn by the promise of gold and other precious metals, first staked their claims here, their hopes and hardships echoing in the wind that rustles through the dense woodlands. The local economy, while no longer solely reliant on the pickaxe and the pan, still feels the subtle hum of resourcefulness, a quiet adaptability born from generations of living in close communion with the wild. The memory of those early days lingers, a phantom miner's pick striking an unseen vein, a whisper of ambition carried on the mountain breezes, lending Summit City a character both resilient and profoundly rooted in its wild, untamed origins.
Live animated radar for Summit 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 | Summit City, Shasta County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.69116°N, 122.402756°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96019, 96089 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Summit City, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Summit 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 Summit City includes coordinates 40.691160°N, 122.402756°W, situated in Shasta County. ZIP code 96019, 96089. 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.
