Dos Palos, California Weather
Dos Palos, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Dos Palos, Merced County.
Full aviation weather for Dos Palos is published on the Los Banos Municipal Airport (KLSN) page, 23 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Dos Palos have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Dos Palos: Merced Regional Macready Field (KMCE) 35 km · Chowchilla Airport (K2O6) 36 km · Gustine Airport (K3O1) 43 km · Castle Airport (KMER) 44 km · Madera Municipal Airport (KMAE) 46 km
Conditions reported at KLSN describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dos Palos specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
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.
Live animated radar for Dos Palos and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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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 | September 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, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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. 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.
