Willow Creek, California Weather
Willow Creek, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Willow Creek, Humboldt County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Willow Creek. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Willow Creek is published on the California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport (KACV) page, 40 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 Willow Creek 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 Willow Creek: Murray Field (KEKA) 43 km · Dinsmore Airport (KD63) 50 km
Conditions reported at KACV describe the airfield itself. Weather 40 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Willow Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Willow Creek.
About Willow Creek, California
Willow Creek nestles in a valley where the Klamath River’s influence is palpable, its waters a cool, insistent presence threading through the landscape. It lies 29.4 miles east-north-east of Eureka, CA (from Eureka, CA: bearing 71°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south-south-east of Hoopa. Dense stands of Douglas fir and redwood cloak the surrounding hillsides, their deep green a constant, grounding hue against the often-bright California sky. The air here carries a subtle dampness, a scent of evergreen and loam that permeates everything, a constant reminder of the verdant, wild country that presses in on all sides. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, casts shifting patterns on the winding roads and modest homes, illuminating the quiet diligence of this place. The history of Willow Creek is inextricably linked to its natural resources, a story of logging and an enduring connection to the mighty Klamath. For generations, the timber industry has shaped its economy, its fortunes rising and falling with the demand for lumber, leaving behind a legacy of weathered barns and sturdy, functional buildings. More recently, the allure of the river and the surrounding wilderness has drawn a different kind of resident, those seeking a simpler life closer to nature, drawn by the quietude and the rugged beauty. This blend of hardy pragmatism and a yearning for the wild gives Willow Creek a distinctive, unhurried character, a place where the rhythm of the seasons still dictates much of daily life.
Live animated radar for Willow Creek 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 | Willow Creek, Humboldt County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.939577°N, 123.631441°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95573 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Willow Creek, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Willow Creek, 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 Willow Creek includes coordinates 40.939577°N, 123.631441°W, situated in Humboldt County. ZIP code 95573. 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.
