Shasta Lake, CA Weather Forecast
Shasta County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Shasta Lake, 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
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Shasta Lake, CA at a glance
Shasta Lake is home to about 10,262 people in Shasta County, across 11 square miles. It ranks 372nd by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Redding, 7 miles away.
- County
- Shasta County
- Population
- 10,262 2023 est.
- Land area
- 11 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 942
- Forecast point
- 40.6766°N, 122.3809°W
How well can the network see Shasta Lake?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBBX (Beale AFB, CA), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 8,300 ft above Shasta Lake. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Shasta Lake looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KRDD (Redding Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Shasta Lake
- Redding, CA7 mi
- Anderson, CA16 mi
- Red Bluff, CA36 mi
- Mount Shasta, CA45 mi
- Weed, CA51 mi
- Corning, CA53 mi
- Orland, CA65 mi
- Chico, CA70 mi
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