Warner Valley, California Weather
Warner Valley, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Warner Valley, Plumas County.
Full aviation weather for Warner Valley is published on the Rogers Field (KO05) page, 11 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. 2 airfields within reach of Warner Valley 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 Warner Valley: Spalding Airport (K1Q2) 55 km
Conditions reported at KO05 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Warner Valley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Warner Valley.
About Warner Valley, California
Warner Valley lies cradled by the immense, silent shoulders of the Sierra Nevada, a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath. It lies 52.4 miles north-north-east of Chico, CA (from Chico, CA: bearing 32°T), and is situated 5.9 miles north-west of Chester. Here, granite outcrops, weathered by millennia of wind and sun, punctuate rolling hills cloaked in the muted greens of pine and fir. The air, sharp and clean, carries the scent of sun-baked earth and the distant murmur of unseen water. In the late afternoon, the light slants low, painting the landscape in hues of burnished gold and deepening shadow, revealing the subtle textures of the terrain—the rough bark of ancient trees, the smooth, worn surfaces of river stones, the almost invisible trails trod by generations. It is a landscape that feels both vast and intimately detailed, a quiet testament to the enduring power of the wild. The history of Warner Valley is a story whispered by the rustling leaves and the persistent flow of its creeks. Once a vital artery for indigenous peoples, its rich meadows and abundant game sustained them for centuries. Later, the allure of gold drew prospectors to its rugged slopes, leaving behind a scattering of abandoned cabins and the faint echoes of human endeavor. Today, the valley’s economy is a gentle hum of ranching and small-scale agriculture, the land yielding its bounty in hay and livestock, sustained by the clear, cold waters that thread through it. The pace of life in Warner Valley is measured, dictated by the seasons and the quiet routines of its inhabitants, a place where the past is not forgotten but is instead a quiet, ever-present undercurrent in the present.
Live animated radar for Warner Valley 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 | Warner Valley, Plumas County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.368946°N, 121.308183°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96020 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Warner Valley, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Warner Valley, 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 Warner Valley includes coordinates 40.368946°N, 121.308183°W, situated in Plumas County. ZIP code 96020. 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.
