Amador City, California Weather
Amador City, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Amador City, Amador County.
Full aviation weather for Amador City is published on the Westover Field Amador County Airport (KJAQ) page, 5 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. 6 airfields within reach of Amador City 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 Amador City: Rancho Murieta Airport (KRIU) 25 km · Calaveras Co Maury Rasmussen Field (KCPU) 34 km · Placerville Airport (KPVF) 34 km · Sacramento Mather Airport (KMHR) 44 km · Lodi Airport (K1O3) 46 km
Conditions reported at KJAQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Amador City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Amador City.
About Amador City, California
Amador City sits in a steep-sided gulch, a place where the Sierra Nevada foothills begin their serious climb towards the higher peaks. It lies 23.1 miles south-east of El Dorado Hills, CA (from El Dorado Hills, CA: bearing 143°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north-east of Ione. The land here is a rugged patchwork of sun-baked chaparral and stands of pine and oak, their branches often reaching out like weathered hands. Roads snake along the slopes, their asphalt surfaces sometimes shimmering in the heat, hinting at the dry, warm air that characterizes much of the year. The few structures of Amador City seem to cling to the sides of the ravine, their colors muted against the earthy tones of the surrounding terrain, a quiet persistence against the powerful forces of erosion and time. This small community carries the indelible imprint of its gold rush past, a history etched into the very bedrock and the weathered facades of its buildings. The economy, once fueled by the relentless pursuit of alluvial gold, now finds a gentler rhythm in vineyards that climb the surrounding hillsides, producing wines that speak of the region's dry, mineral-rich soil. Evidence of the mining era remains, from abandoned shafts that scar the landscape to the stout, stone buildings that once served the bustling population of prospectors and miners. The air, particularly as dusk begins to settle, often carries the faint, earthy scent of disturbed soil and the sweet perfume of ripening grapes, a layered aroma that whispers of both the past and the present life of Amador City.
Live animated radar for Amador City 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.
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| Location | Amador City, Amador County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.419355°N, 120.824103°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95601 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Amador City, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Amador City, 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 Amador City includes coordinates 38.419355°N, 120.824103°W, situated in Amador County. ZIP code 95601. Telephone area code: 530. 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.
