Dayton, Nevada Weather
Dayton, Nevada — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dayton, Lyon County.
Full aviation weather for Dayton is published on the Dayton Valley Airpark (KA34) page, 3 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. 6 airfields within reach of Dayton 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 Dayton: Carson Airport (KCXP) 13 km · Rose Quartz Ranch Airport (KN49) 16 km · Minden-Tahoe Airport (KMEV) 30 km · Reno Tahoe International Airport (KRNO) 33 km · Silver Springs Airport (KSPZ) 35 km
Conditions reported at KA34 describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dayton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dayton.
About Dayton, Nevada
Dayton lies in a wide, sun-drenched valley where the Carson River, a ribbon of surprising green, has patiently sculpted the land for millennia. It lies 10.6 miles east-north-east of Carson City, NV (from Carson City, NV: bearing 61°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south-south-east of Virginia City. The surrounding terrain is a study in arid resilience, vast expanses of sagebrush and hardy grasses stretching towards distant, hazy mountains that shift in color from soft ochre to a deep, bruised purple as the day wears on. Cottonwood trees, their leaves catching the light like tiny, flickering coins, cluster along the riverbanks, offering a welcome, cool shade that contrasts sharply with the open, baked earth. The air itself carries a dry, mineral tang, laced with the faint, sweet scent of sun-warmed creosote, a constant reminder of the desert's persistent embrace. Dayton’s story is deeply entwined with the rush of water and the gleam of gold. It began as a vital stop along the Carson River for travelers heading west, a place where fortunes were made and lost with the turn of a pickaxe during the Comstock Lode era. While the feverish intensity of those mining days has long since subsided, a quiet industriousness persists. The local economy now draws sustenance from agriculture, with ranches and farms harnessing the river’s flow, and a growing reliance on services catering to those drawn to the region's open spaces and proximity to larger centers. The distinctive character of Dayton is a blend of this rugged past and a present that values its connection to the land, a place where the echoes of history whisper on the wind that sweeps across the valley floor.
Live animated radar for Dayton 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 | Dayton, Lyon County, Nevada |
| Coordinates | 39.237135°N, 119.592952°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 89403 |
| Area Code | 775 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dayton, Nevada Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dayton, 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 Dayton includes coordinates 39.237135°N, 119.592952°W, situated in Lyon County. ZIP code 89403. Telephone area code: 775. 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.
