Sutter, California Weather
Sutter, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sutter, Sutter County.
Full aviation weather for Sutter is published on the Sutter County Airport (KO52) page, 13 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. 6 airfields within reach of Sutter 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 Sutter: Yuba County Airport (KMYV) 17 km · Colusa County Airport (KO08) 21 km · Beale Air Force Base (KBAB) 27 km · Oroville Municipal Airport (KOVE) 38 km · Lincoln Regional Karl Harder Field (KLHM) 44 km
Conditions reported at KO52 describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sutter specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sutter.
About Sutter, California
Sutter rests in a wide, fertile valley, where the land stretches out like an unrolled bolt of tawny linen under a sky that can turn a startling, luminous blue. It lies 7.4 miles west of Yuba City, CA (from Yuba City, CA: bearing 281°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west of Marysville. The air here carries the dry, sweet scent of sun-baked earth and ripening crops, a fragrance that clings to everything. Fields of gold-tinged grain and the darker green of alfalfa checkerboard the landscape, broken by the occasional cluster of cottonwood trees that stand like sentinels along the faint traces of irrigation ditches. The Sutter Bicycles, a local landmark, gleam dully in the afternoon sun, their chrome hinting at a former, more robust life. The history of Sutter is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of the Sacramento Valley, a legacy that began with the fertile soil and the vision of those who first worked it. For generations, the economy here has been shaped by the rhythm of planting and harvest, with rice paddies shimmering like shallow, inland seas during the growing season and orchards heavy with fruit in the autumn. The faint echo of the Gold Rush still whispers in the background, though the true enduring wealth of Sutter has always been the land itself. The quiet hum of machinery from distant farms and the occasional rumble of a train passing through are the prevailing sounds of daily life, a steady, unpretentious soundtrack to a place that knows its own quiet strength.
Live animated radar for Sutter 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 | Sutter, Sutter County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.159892°N, 121.752748°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95982 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sutter, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sutter, 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 Sutter includes coordinates 39.159892°N, 121.752748°W, situated in Sutter County. ZIP code 95982. 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.
