Dos Palos, California Weather
Dos Palos, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Dos Palos, Merced County.
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About Dos Palos, California
Dos Palos rests as a quiet sentinel on the vast, sun-baked floor of the San Joaquin Valley, where the land stretches out in an endless, patient grid of agriculture. It lies 13.3 miles east-south-east of Los Banos, CA (from Los Banos, CA: bearing 112°T), and is situated 4.6 miles south-south-west of Santa Rita Park. Here, the sky is a boundless canvas, often bleached a pale, ethereal blue, or at dusk, bleeding into hues of apricot and lavender that cast long, languid shadows across the fields. The air itself carries a dry, mineral scent, tinged with the sweet perfume of ripening crops and the faint, dusty exhalation of the earth. Buildings, often low-slung and practical, seem to absorb the relentless sun, their facades weathered by the wind and the passage of seasons. Life in Dos Palos moves with a deliberate, unhurried cadence, dictated by the cycles of planting and harvest, the distant hum of tractors a constant, low thrum beneath the expansive silence. The history of Dos Palos is deeply entwined with the relentless pursuit of water and the fertile soil that defines this corner of the Central Valley. Once a region of wild grasses and tule marshes, its transformation into a rich agricultural hub is a testament to human ingenuity and perseverance, a story etched not in grand monuments, but in the meticulous irrigation ditches and the endless rows of cotton, almonds, and cantaloupes. The economy of Dos Palos thrives on the bounty of its land, a hardworking enterprise where generations have dedicated themselves to coaxing sustenance from the earth. This is a place where the rhythm of the day is still largely set by the sun and the needs of the soil, a simple, honest character that permeates the very air of Dos Palos.
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| Location | Dos Palos, Merced County, California |
| Coordinates | 36.986058°N, 120.626572°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93620 |
| Area Code | 760 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dos Palos, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dos Palos, 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 Dos Palos includes coordinates 36.986058°N, 120.626572°W, situated in Merced County. ZIP code 93620. Telephone area code: 760. 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.
