Chico, CA Weather Forecast
Butte County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Chico, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
Free alerts for Chico
Every NWS warning, pushed to your phone, inbox or webhook the moment it is issued.
Chico, CA at a glance
Chico is home to about 101,301 people in Butte County, across 35 square miles. It ranks 73rd by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Paradise, 11 miles away.
- County
- Butte County
- Population
- 101,301 2023 est.
- Land area
- 35 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,934
- Forecast point
- 39.7590°N, 121.8177°W
How well can the network see Chico?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBBX (Beale AFB, CA), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,200 ft above Chico. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Chico show up clearly. Chico is closer to its radar than 84% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KCIC (Chico Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Chico
- Paradise, CA11 mi
- Orland, CA20 mi
- Corning, CA23 mi
- Oroville, CA23 mi
- Willows, CA26 mi
- Gridley, CA28 mi
- Live Oak, CA34 mi
- Red Bluff, CA36 mi
Elsewhere in California
Los AngelesSan DiegoSan JoseSan FranciscoFresnoSacramentoAll California forecasts →