Willow Ranch, California Weather
Willow Ranch, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Willow Ranch, Modoc County.
Full aviation weather for Willow Ranch is published on the Fort Bidwell Airport (KA28) page, 18 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 Willow Ranch 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 Ranch: Lake County Airport (KLKV) 29 km · Cedarville Airport (KO59) 42 km · Alturas Municipal Airport (KAAT) 50 km
Conditions reported at KA28 describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Willow Ranch specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Willow Ranch.
About Willow Ranch, California
Willow Ranch unfolds across a high desert plateau, a place where the earth exhales a dry, sun-baked scent. It lies 132.3 miles east-south-east of Medford, OR (from Medford, OR: bearing 102°T), and is situated 19.8 miles south of Lakeview. Sagebrush, a resilient grey-green, carpets the undulating terrain, punctuated by the occasional stoic juniper, its branches gnarled like ancient fingers. The sky here is an immensity, a vast, unbroken dome of cerulean that shifts to bruised purples and fiery oranges as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the distant Warner Mountains in hues of amethyst and rose. The air, thin and crisp, carries the faint whisper of wind through sparse grasses, a sound that seems to amplify the profound silence of the landscape. The history of Willow Ranch is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of ranching, a legacy woven into the very fabric of the land. For generations, this has been a place where cattle graze, their lowing a familiar counterpoint to the wind's song. The local economy, like the hardy flora, is rooted in the earth, dependent on the cycles of rain and sun, the health of the rangelands. While not a hub of bustling commerce, Willow Ranch possesses a distinctive character, a quiet strength born of self-reliance and a deep connection to the wild, untamed beauty that defines this corner of Modoc County.
Live animated radar for Willow Ranch 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 | Willow Ranch, Modoc County, California |
| Coordinates | 41.902388°N, 120.358289°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96101 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Willow Ranch, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Willow Ranch, 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 Ranch includes coordinates 41.902388°N, 120.358289°W, situated in Modoc County. ZIP code 96101. 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.
