McGill, Nevada Weather
McGill, Nevada — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for McGill, White Pine County.
Full aviation weather for McGill is published on the Ely Airport Yelland Field (KELY) page, 13 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 KELY describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at McGill specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for McGill.
About McGill, Nevada
McGill, Nevada, unfolds under a vast, bruised sky, a landscape of ochre dust and sparse sagebrush clinging to the arid slopes of the Great Basin. It lies 151.2 miles north-west of Cedar City, UT (from Cedar City, UT: bearing 323°T), and is situated 12.4 miles north-north-east of Ely. The air here carries a dry, mineral tang, a scent that seems to have been baked into the very bones of the earth. Jagged peaks, their ancient faces weathered by relentless winds, rise in stark silhouette against the horizon, their summits often dusted with the faintest whisper of snow even as the valleys bake under the relentless sun. The ground itself is a mosaic of muted browns and tans, punctuated by the occasional hardy greasewood, its grey-green leaves a stubborn defiance against the prevailing dryness. Silence is a tangible presence, broken only by the sigh of the wind or the distant, lonely cry of a raven. The lifeblood of McGill has long been drawn from the earth's deep reserves, a history inextricably linked to the copper mines that once pulsed with activity. This legacy is etched into the very character of the place, a quiet resilience born of boom and bust cycles. The broad, open streets, once bustling with miners and merchants, now hold a more measured pace, a gentle exhale after decades of feverish extraction. The economy, though less dependent on the mines now, still feels the faint reverberations of that industrial past. Small businesses, hardy and enduring like the desert flora, serve the needs of the residents, their storefronts bearing the patina of time and hard work. There is a palpable sense of continuity here, a quiet understanding that the land, though unforgiving, has provided and shaped all who have called McGill home.
Live animated radar for McGill 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 | McGill, White Pine County, Nevada |
| Coordinates | 39.404938°N, 114.778628°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 89318 |
| Area Code | 702, 725 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This McGill, Nevada Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for McGill, 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 McGill includes coordinates 39.404938°N, 114.778628°W, situated in White Pine County. ZIP code 89318. 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.
