Cherokee, California Weather
Cherokee, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cherokee, Tuolumne County.
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About Cherokee, California
Cherokee rests in a high Sierra Nevada embrace, a landscape sculpted by ancient glaciers and the persistent flow of the Tuolumne River. It lies 41.2 miles east-north-east of Riverbank, CA (from Riverbank, CA: bearing 65°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east of Sonora. The air here, particularly as the sun begins its descent, carries a crisp, pine-scented coolness that seeps into the very bones of the land. Rolling hills, cloaked in evergreen forests and dotted with granite outcrops, give way to steeper slopes that hint at the rugged grandeur of the surrounding mountains. The river, a silver ribbon winding through the valley floor, reflects the vast, often impossibly blue sky, its murmur a constant, soothing presence. Wildflowers, in their brief, vibrant season, splash color across meadows, and the scent of sun-baked earth rises with the afternoon warmth. This particular corner of Tuolumne County, Cherokee, has a history deeply intertwined with the relentless pursuit of gold. Echoes of the California Gold Rush still linger, not in grand monuments, but in the quiet tenacity of the land and the stoic character of its people. While the boomtown days have long since faded, a spirit of resourcefulness endures, with a local economy that draws sustenance from the land through agriculture, timber, and the steady influx of visitors drawn to the natural beauty of the Sierra. The rhythm of life in Cherokee is unhurried, dictated more by the changing seasons and the cycles of the natural world than by the ticking of a clock, fostering a sense of community where neighborly bonds are as strong as the ancient oaks that dot the hillsides.
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| Location | Cherokee, Tuolumne County, California |
| Coordinates | 37.981591°N, 120.247689°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95959, 95379, 95965 |
| Area Code | 408, 669, 530 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cherokee, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cherokee, 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 Cherokee includes coordinates 37.981591°N, 120.247689°W, situated in Tuolumne County. ZIP code 95959, 95379, 95965. Telephone area code: 408, 669, 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.
