Buena Vista, California Weather
Buena Vista, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Buena Vista, Amador County.
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About Buena Vista, California
Buena Vista slumbers in a fold of the Sierra Nevada foothills, where the land rises in a series of dusty, chaparral-clad slopes toward the distant, sky-piercing peaks. It lies 21.2 miles east of Galt, CA (from Galt, CA: bearing 82°T), and is situated 4.2 miles south-south-east of Ione. The air here carries the dry, resinous scent of pines and the faint, sweet perfume of wild sage, particularly potent in the late afternoon sun that bleaches the scrubby vegetation to a pale gold. Scattered oaks, gnarled and weathered, punctuate the landscape, their broad limbs reaching out like ancient, arthritic fingers against the vast, cerulean canvas. A quiet stillness pervades Buena Vista, broken only by the rustle of wind through dry grasses or the occasional, distant bark of a coyote. The history of Buena Vista is etched in the very contours of its land, a legacy of the gold fever that once pulsed through these hills. Though the mines are largely silent now, their ghost stories linger in the crumbling foundations and the scattered, weathered remnants of a bygone era. Today, the economy of Buena Vista draws more from the earth’s enduring bounty, with vineyards and orchards finding purchase on the fertile, sun-drenched slopes, their rows of vines a more orderly green against the wilder hues of the chaparral. The rhythm of life in Buena Vista moves with the seasons, dictated by the sun's arc and the turning of the agricultural year, a gentle cadence that has weathered the passage of time and the whispers of fortune.
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| Location | Buena Vista, Amador County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.29436°N, 120.913273°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95384, 95640 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Buena Vista, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Buena Vista, 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 Buena Vista includes coordinates 38.294360°N, 120.913273°W, situated in Amador County. ZIP code 95384, 95640. 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. 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.
