Fruitdale, California Weather
Fruitdale, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Fruitdale, Santa Clara County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fruitdale. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fruitdale is published on the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (KSJC) page, 6 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 Fruitdale 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 Fruitdale: Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County (KRHV) 10 km · Moffett Federal Airfield (KNUQ) 16 km · Palo Alto Airport (KPAO) 23 km · San Carlos Airport (KSQL) 36 km · Hayward Executive Airport (KHWD) 42 km
Conditions reported at KSJC describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fruitdale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Fruitdale, California
Fruitdale sits on land that remembers the dry whisper of chaparral before the cultivated rows arrived. It lies 1.9 miles north-north-east of Campbell, CA (from Campbell, CA: bearing 30°T), and is situated 2.9 miles south-west of San Jose. The Santa Cruz Mountains, a stoic, forested presence, loom to the west, their slopes etched with the shadows of canyons that hold secrets of cooler air and trickling water. To the east, the land broadens into the fertile expanse of the valley, a patchwork of greens and browns that stretch towards the hazy horizon. Here, the air carries the faint, sweet perfume of ripening fruit, a scent that mingles with the dry dust kicked up by passing cars and the distant hum of progress. The light, especially in the late afternoon, has a peculiar softness, a golden wash that seems to linger, imbuing the ordinary with a quiet luminescence. The history of Fruitdale is deeply entwined with the bounty of this land, a legacy born from the fertile soil that once supported vast orchards. Generations have worked this ground, coaxing apricots, prunes, and cherries from the earth, their labor a quiet testament to the agricultural roots that still anchor the community. While modern development has brought new industries and a shifting economic landscape, the echoes of those farming days persist, a subtle undercurrent in the rhythm of Fruitdale. You can still see the weathered barns, the old irrigation ditches, and the occasional gnarled fruit tree stubbornly holding its ground against the encroaching urban sprawl, each a silent storyteller of the valley's agricultural past.
Live animated radar for Fruitdale 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Fruitdale, Santa Clara County, California |
| Coordinates | 37.31086°N, 121.932746°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 91911, 95128 |
| Area Code | 949, 408, 669 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fruitdale, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fruitdale, 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 Fruitdale includes coordinates 37.310860°N, 121.932746°W, situated in Santa Clara County. ZIP code 91911, 95128. Telephone area code: 949, 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. 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.
