Whitehawk, California Weather
Whitehawk, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Whitehawk, Plumas County.
Full aviation weather for Whitehawk is published on the Sierraville Dearwater Airport (KO79) page, 23 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 Whitehawk 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 Whitehawk: Blue Canyon Nyack Airport (KBLU) 51 km · Truckee Tahoe Airport (KTRK) 57 km · Reno-Stead Airport (KRTS) 58 km
Conditions reported at KO79 describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Whitehawk specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Whitehawk.
About Whitehawk, California
Whitehawk rests in a high Sierra Nevada cradle, where granite shoulders rise in jagged silhouette against a sky that often burns with an intense, almost crystalline blue. It lies 41.4 miles west-north-west of Reno, NV (from Reno, NV: bearing 289°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south-west of Portola. The air here, thin and sharp, carries the scent of sun-baked pine needles and the distant, cool promise of snowmelt from the higher peaks. Rolling hills, cloaked in serried ranks of fir and pine, descend into valleys that wind like ancient riverbeds, their contours softened by the passage of seasons. In this quiet expanse, the land itself seems to breathe, each gust of wind a whispered story from the vast, untamed wilderness that surrounds Whitehawk. The history of Whitehawk is deeply entwined with the sturdy, unyielding earth and the resources it has yielded. For generations, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the steady extraction of timber, the sturdy pines marching down the slopes to feed sawmills that once hummed with industrious purpose. Though the great logging days have softened into memory, a connection to the land persists, a quiet respect for the forests that still define the horizon. The local economy now finds a gentler footing, drawing sustenance from the growing appreciation for the natural beauty that envelops Whitehawk, a draw for those seeking the quietude and restorative power of the mountains.
Live animated radar for Whitehawk 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 | Whitehawk, Plumas County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.720456°N, 120.551049°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96106 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Whitehawk, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whitehawk, 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 Whitehawk includes coordinates 39.720456°N, 120.551049°W, situated in Plumas County. ZIP code 96106. 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.
