Chico, CA 95976 Weather

Butte County3:36 PM PDT39.73°N, 121.83°W

Current conditions

Chance Light Rain
65°
Chance Light Rain
Feels like 66°
High 67°·Low 52°
WindSE 8 mph gusts 14 mph
Humidity100%
Dew point65°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover73%
UV index2 Low
Sunrise7:26 AM
Sunset6:19 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    Rain likely. Mostly cloudy. High near 67, with temperatures falling to around 65 in the afternoon. Southeast wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  • Tonight

    Rain before 3am. Mostly cloudy. Low around 52, with temperatures rising to around 56 overnight. East wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  • Friday

    Areas of fog between 7am and 9am. Sunny, with a high near 70. Northwest wind 3 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 hr ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Chance Light Rain 65°54%
  2. 4 PM Chance Light Rain 64°52%
  3. 5 PM Light Rain Likely 65°68%
  4. 6 PM Light Rain 65°78%
  5. 7 PM Light Rain 65°90%
  6. 8 PM Light Rain Likely 64°70%
  7. 9 PM Light Rain Likely 63°64%
  8. 10 PM Light Rain Likely 62°69%
  9. 11 PM Light Rain Likely 62°55%
  10. Fri12 AM Chance Light Rain 61°41%
  11. 1 AM Chance Light Rain 60°29%
  12. 2 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 59°20%
  13. 3 AM Mostly Cloudy 59°10%
  14. 4 AM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  15. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 56°11%
  16. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 56°
  17. 7 AM Areas Of Fog 54°
  18. 8 AM Areas Of Fog 53°
  19. 9 AM Sunny 56°
  20. 10 AM Sunny 58°
  21. 11 AM Sunny 60°
  22. 12 PM Sunny 63°
  23. 1 PM Sunny 67°
  24. 2 PM Sunny 68°

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Light Rain Likely Light Rain Likely90%52°67°
  2. FriOct 23 Areas Of Fog then Sunny Areas Of Fog then Sunny46°70°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny45°74°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny47°74°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny45°73°
  6. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny46°73°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny47°73°
  8. ThuOct 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy49°76°
  9. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy52°78°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

24
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • ThuGood
  • FriGood

Chico, CA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:26 AM
Sunset 6:19 PM
Daylight 10 h 53 min (−2 min 27 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 88% lit
Moonrise 4:24 PM Moonset 3:38 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Record high86° (2003)
Record low42° (2012)

Cohasset California, records since 1990. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in STO, issued 1 day ago

Key Messages

- Scattered showers, thunderstorms, and high elevation snow showers expected through late Thursday.

- Drier weather moves in Friday and into the weekend, with breezy north to east winds Friday.

- Ridge builds in over the weekend, with slight chances for showers in Shasta county.

.DISCUSSION...

...Today through Thursday...

Current radar has a swath of rain and isolated thunderstorms through the Coastal Range down toward the Sierra Foothills. The track is to the north-northwest. We have seen a few lightning strikes over the past couple of hours, but they remain few and far between storms. There are gaps of coverage in the rain as it moves through the area, but HIRES guidance continues to show the swath of rain filling in completely over the next several hours and begin to push toward the north and east as the main upper level system off the coast moves onshore. Instability has been lacking in the latest observations, with only up to 250 J/kg across the Valley, foothills, and mountains. This will likely continue for the rest of the afternoon. Cloud coverage is the key into keeping the instability lower than expected. None the less, moisture content is high and lift is present to development thunderstorms and at least maintain them through this evening. The question remains on if these storms will be able to sustain hail shafts long enough to produce nickel or even quarter size hail. As of right now, we are leaning toward small hail as a possibility and brief gusty winds in the strongest of storms. Brief heavy rain and frequent lightning will also be a hazard to watch out for.

Aviation

Showers and isolated thunderstorms will be possible through the afternoon and into the evening hours, with lowered ceilings. Ceilings should remain VFR, but chances are there for MVFR for all sites post 00z. Best timeframe for thunderstorms will be 2000z through 0400z for all sites. Winds will remain light throughout the day. Areas in and around thunderstorms may see erratic winds, brief moderate rain reducing visibilities and IFR ceilings. Otherwise, we are looking at a lull in activity later tonight around 09-10z through the mid morning hours. During this lull isolated to scattered showers at times for the sites. Near the end of the TAF period thunderstorm chances start to increase once again.

Sto Watches

None.

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