Altaville, California Weather
Altaville, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Altaville, Calaveras County.
Full aviation weather for Altaville is published on the Calaveras Co Maury Rasmussen Field (KCPU) page, 10 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. 2 airfields within reach of Altaville 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 Altaville: Westover Field Amador County Airport (KJAQ) 38 km
Conditions reported at KCPU describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Altaville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Altaville.
About Altaville, California
Altaville sits against the rising Sierra Nevada foothills, a place where the dry chaparral of the lower slopes begins to yield to the more robust pines and oaks. It lies 31.5 miles north-east of Riverbank, CA (from Riverbank, CA: bearing 40°T), and is situated 8.3 miles north-north-east of Copperopolis. The air here carries a faint, dusty scent of sun-baked earth and the resinous fragrance of the surrounding woodlands, especially potent in the late afternoon when the sun slants low. The landscape rolls and folds, not with the dramatic grandeur of the high peaks, but with a more intimate, weathered grace, suggesting a long history of slow erosion and the patient work of water. The buildings, many of them old and weathered, seem to settle into this terrain as if they too have grown from the very soil, their paint faded by countless summers and their roofs softened by the passage of seasons. The legacy of gold runs deep in the character of Altaville, a palpable echo of the California Gold Rush that shaped so much of this region. While the frantic pickaxes and sluice boxes are long gone, the spirit of enterprise and resilience lingers, now channeled into the quiet hum of local commerce and the steady work of maintaining the historical fabric of the place. The old wooden structures along the main thoroughfare, some dating back to the 19th century, still stand, a testament to the enduring nature of community built on grit and aspiration. The economy, once driven by the glittering promise of precious metal, now finds its footing in the services that support the surrounding ranches and the steady stream of visitors drawn to the area's natural beauty and historical resonance.
Live animated radar for Altaville 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 | Altaville, Calaveras County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.083811°N, 120.561869°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95222, 95221 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Altaville, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Altaville, California, 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 Altaville includes coordinates 38.083811°N, 120.561869°W, situated in Calaveras County. ZIP code 95222, 95221. Telephone area code: 408, 669. 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.
