Beatty, Nevada — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Beatty, Nye County.
Full aviation weather for Beatty is published on the Beatty Airport (KBTY) page, 6 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 Beatty 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 Beatty: Stovepipe Wells Airport (KL09) 49 km
Conditions reported at KBTY describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Beatty specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Beatty.
Beatty, Nevada, lies like a sun-bleached bone at the edge of a vast, ancient landscape, where the earth exhales a dry, mineral-scented breath. It lies 64.7 miles north-west of Pahrump, NV (from Pahrump, NV: bearing 319°T), and is situated 27.0 miles north-west of Amargosa Valley. The terrain here is a study in stark contrasts, a place where the rugged shoulders of distant mountains meet the flat, shimmering expanse of the desert floor. Low, scrubby vegetation clings tenaciously to the sandy soil, a testament to resilience under a sky that stretches, unbroken and immense, from horizon to horizon. The air itself feels thin and sharp, carrying the faint, metallic tang of dust and the quiet hum of an immense, indifferent silence. Even the scattered buildings of Beatty seem to lean into the wind, weathered and stoic, as if bracing against the elements that have shaped this land for millennia. The history of Beatty is etched in the very dust that blows through its streets, a legacy born of boom and bust, of dreams chased and fortunes sought in the unforgiving embrace of the desert. Once a vital hub for the mining industry that pulsed through Nye County, its fortunes have ebbed and flowed with the price of ore, leaving behind a palpable sense of resilience and quiet perseverance. Today, its economy is a mosaic, pieced together from the enduring allure of nearby ghost towns, the steady trickle of tourism drawn to the stark beauty of Death Valley National Park, and the hardy spirit of its residents who have learned to thrive where others might falter. The light here, especially as the sun dips below the jagged peaks, possesses a molten quality, bathing the landscape in hues of amber and rose, a fleeting, breathtaking beauty that speaks of the raw, untamed heart of the American West.
Live animated radar for Beatty 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 | Beatty, Nye County, Nevada |
| Coordinates | 36.908557°N, 116.759226°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 89003 |
| Area Code | 702, 725 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Beatty, 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 Beatty includes coordinates 36.908557°N, 116.759226°W, situated in Nye County. ZIP code 89003. 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.