Garden Valley, California Weather
Garden Valley, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Garden Valley, El Dorado County.
Full aviation weather for Garden Valley is published on the Placerville Airport (KPVF) page, 17 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 Garden Valley 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 Garden Valley: Auburn Municipal Airport (KAUN) 22 km · Nevada County Airport (KGOO) 43 km · Lincoln Regional Karl Harder Field (KLHM) 43 km · Rancho Murieta Airport (KRIU) 46 km · Blue Canyon Nyack Airport (KBLU) 49 km
Conditions reported at KPVF describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Garden Valley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Garden Valley.
About Garden Valley, California
Garden Valley unfolds like a forgotten watercolor, its rolling hills etched with the deep greens of pine and oak, a stark contrast against the often-cerulean sky. It lies 16.7 miles north-east of El Dorado Hills, CA (from El Dorado Hills, CA: bearing 46°T), and is situated 9.2 miles north-north-west of Placerville. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a dry, sun-warmed scent, tinged with the faintest whisper of wild sagebrush. Here, the Sierra Nevada foothills begin their rugged ascent, shaping the landscape into a series of broad valleys and steeper, wooded slopes where sunlight filters through the canopy in shifting patterns. The quietude of Garden Valley is a palpable thing, broken only by the occasional call of a hawk or the distant hum of a passing vehicle on a winding country road. The history of Garden Valley is deeply entwined with the gold rush era, a time when prospectors and settlers first carved out a life amidst these wilder lands. While the fever for precious metals has long since faded, a spirit of self-sufficiency and a connection to the earth persist, fueling a modest local economy that leans heavily on agriculture and small, independent businesses. You’ll find orchards bearing the sweet promise of apples and pears, their rows neatly aligned like soldiers on the fertile ground. It's a place where the past is not so much a relic as a subtle undercurrent, shaping the unhurried pace of life and the enduring character of Garden Valley.
Live animated radar for Garden Valley 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 | Garden Valley, El Dorado County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.854068°N, 120.859381°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95633 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Garden Valley, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Garden Valley, 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 Garden Valley includes coordinates 38.854068°N, 120.859381°W, situated in El Dorado County. ZIP code 95633. Telephone area code: 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. 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.
