Skyland, Nevada Weather
Skyland, Nevada — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Skyland, Douglas County.
Full aviation weather for Skyland is published on the Minden-Tahoe Airport (KMEV) page, 17 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. 5 airfields within reach of Skyland 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 Skyland: Carson Airport (KCXP) 27 km · Dayton Valley Airpark (KA34) 42 km · Rose Quartz Ranch Airport (KN49) 55 km · Reno Tahoe International Airport (KRNO) 55 km
Conditions reported at KMEV describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Skyland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Skyland.
About Skyland, Nevada
Skyland rests in a high desert basin, a collection of homes and structures clinging to the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada, where the formidable granite peaks begin their descent into the vast, undulating expanse of Nevada. It lies 13.8 miles south-west of Carson City, NV (from Carson City, NV: bearing 225°T), and is situated 5.9 miles north-north-east of Lake Tahoe. The air here, especially in the late afternoons, carries a crisp, almost crystalline quality, a testament to the altitude and the dry embrace of the surrounding scrub oak and hardy pines. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often clear, wide sky, casts sharp, defined shadows across the ochre-tinged earth, giving the landscape a sculpted, ancient feel, as if the land itself has been weathered into its present form by the ceaseless breath of the wind and the slow, deliberate march of seasons. The very character of Skyland is shaped by its proximity to Lake Tahoe and the burgeoning tourism that draws people to its shores and slopes, though Skyland itself remains a quieter, more residential outpost. Its roots are entwined with the development that followed the discovery of silver in the Comstock Lode, a distant echo of boomtown days that now manifests in a more settled, enduring presence. The local economy, while touched by the service industry catering to visitors drawn to the region's natural splendor, also holds a practical, down-to-earth aspect, with residents often commuting to larger centers for work, their lives interwoven with the enduring rhythms of the high desert. The vastness of the sky above Skyland, a canvas of shifting blues and fiery sunsets, serves as a constant, silent reminder of the grand scale of the land and the enduring spirit of those who make their homes here.
Live animated radar for Skyland 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 | Skyland, Douglas County, Nevada |
| Coordinates | 39.022408°N, 119.948237°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 89448 |
| Area Code | 775 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Skyland, Nevada Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Skyland, 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 Skyland includes coordinates 39.022408°N, 119.948237°W, situated in Douglas County. ZIP code 89448. 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.
