Austin, Nevada Weather
Austin, Nevada — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Austin, Lander County.
Full aviation weather for Austin is published on the Austin Airport (KTMT) 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KTMT describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Austin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Austin.
About Austin, Nevada
Austin, a place where the sky seems to stretch forever, lies cradled in a broad valley, its gentle slopes rising to meet the distant, rugged peaks of the Shoshone Range. It lies 143.0 miles east of Sparks, NV (from Sparks, NV: bearing 90°T), and is situated 20.2 miles south-west of Grass Valley. The earth here is a palette of muted ochres and dusty greens, punctuated by the sharp, dark lines of sagebrush and the occasional hardy juniper, their branches gnarled like old hands. A fine, persistent dust, stirred by the ever-present breeze, coats everything with a soft, pale film, lending a dreamlike quality to the midday sun. The air itself is dry and thin, carrying the faint, clean scent of sun-baked earth and something wild and untamed from the surrounding hills, a scent that deepens as the long, golden twilight descends, painting the western sky in hues of rose and lavender. Austin’s story is etched into the very bones of the land, born from the feverish dreams of silver miners in the mid-19th century. The ghost of that boom still whispers through the weathered facades of its historic buildings, testament to a time when this remote settlement pulsed with a restless energy. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, the spirit of resilience endures, reflected in the quiet determination of its current inhabitants. The local economy, a quiet counterpoint to the boisterous past, now centers on ranching and a scattering of small businesses that serve the needs of the scattered ranches and the few travelers who find their way to this remote corner of Nevada. The Lander County Courthouse, a stately reminder of a grander era, still stands sentinel, its stone walls holding the echoes of a bygone age, while the hum of an occasional pickup truck is the dominant sound, a gentle rhythm against the vast silence.
Live animated radar for Austin 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 | Austin, Lander County, Nevada |
| Coordinates | 39.493259°N, 117.069534°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 89310 |
| Area Code | 702, 725 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Austin, Nevada Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Austin, Nevada, 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 Austin includes coordinates 39.493259°N, 117.069534°W, situated in Lander County. ZIP code 89310. Telephone area code: 702, 725. 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.
