Buckhorn, California Weather
Buckhorn, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Buckhorn, Amador County.
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About Buckhorn, California
Buckhorn exists as a quiet punctuation mark in the rolling foothills, where the Sierra Nevada’s rugged embrace begins to soften. It lies 34.0 miles east-south-east of El Dorado Hills, CA (from El Dorado Hills, CA: bearing 118°T), and is situated 7.6 miles east-north-east of Pine Grove. The land here is a study in ochre and sage, the dry grasses whispering secrets to the wind that combs through scattered pines and sturdy oaks. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a faint, dusty sweetness, a perfumed breath from sun-baked earth and resilient wildflowers. The terrain itself is not so much sculpted as it is patiently worn, a landscape etched by millennia of slow erosion rather than dramatic upheaval, giving the hills a rounded, almost benevolent appearance. This corner of Amador County, Buckhorn, carries the faint echoes of the Gold Rush, though its own story is less about glittering veins and more about the steady cultivation of the land. Generations have coaxed a living from these slopes, their efforts reflected in the scattered vineyards and olive groves that dot the landscape, their silver-green leaves shimmering like captured moonlight under the California sun. The local economy, though modest, is rooted in the bounty of the earth, a quiet continuation of traditions that value patience and resilience, fostering a pace of life that allows for observation, for the noticing of small wonders like the flight of a hawk or the intricate patterns of lichen on ancient rock.
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| Location | Buckhorn, Amador County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.452158°N, 120.52854°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93015, 95666 |
| Area Code | 805, 530 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Buckhorn, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Buckhorn, California, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Buckhorn includes coordinates 38.452158°N, 120.528540°W, situated in Amador County. ZIP code 93015, 95666. Telephone area code: 805, 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
