Cedar Ridge, California Weather
Cedar Ridge, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cedar Ridge, Nevada County.
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About Cedar Ridge, California
Cedar Ridge unfolds across a landscape where the Sierra Nevada foothills begin their gentle descent, a place defined by ponderosa pines that whisper secrets on the breeze and manzanita bushes displaying their burnished, peeling bark. It lies 25.8 miles north-east of Lincoln, CA (from Lincoln, CA: bearing 34°T), and is situated 2.6 miles east-south-east of Grass Valley. The air here, especially in the late afternoons, carries a dry, sun-baked fragrance, a scent of resin and dust that clings to the ochre-colored earth. Rolling hills, softened by the passage of seasons, give way to steeper ravines where the occasional creek bed, dry for much of the year, carves its patient path. The very light seems to have a different quality, a honeyed luminescence that filters through the dense canopy, illuminating the undergrowth in shifting patterns. The history of Cedar Ridge is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of those who sought its resources. This land was once a crossroads for those drawn by the promise of gold, though the true wealth of Cedar Ridge has always been its timber and the fertile pockets of land that supported a hardy agrarian spirit. The economy still hums with the quiet industry of logging and the seasonal bounty of local orchards, a legacy passed down through generations. You can still find remnants of old logging roads, faint scars on the terrain, and the occasional weathered barn that stands as a stoic sentinel to a bygone era, a quiet testament to the enduring character of Cedar Ridge.
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| Location | Cedar Ridge, Nevada County, California |
| Coordinates | 39.198783°N, 121.021058°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95945, 95924, 95370 |
| Area Code | 530, 408, 669 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cedar Ridge, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cedar Ridge, 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 Cedar Ridge includes coordinates 39.198783°N, 121.021058°W, situated in Nevada County. ZIP code 95945, 95924, 95370. Telephone area code: 530, 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. 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.
