Herald, California Weather
Herald, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Herald, Sacramento County.
Full aviation weather for Herald is published on the Lodi Airport (K1O3) page, 11 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 Herald 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 Herald: Rancho Murieta Airport (KRIU) 25 km · Kingdon Airpark (KO20) 25 km · Sacramento Mather Airport (KMHR) 29 km · Sacramento Executive Airport (KSAC) 32 km · Rio Vista Municipal Airport (KO88) 42 km
Conditions reported at K1O3 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Herald specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Herald.
About Herald, California
Herald lies in a landscape shaped by the slow, persistent work of water and sun. It lies 4.1 miles north-east of Galt, CA (from Galt, CA: bearing 47°T), and is situated 8.2 miles south of Wilton. The land hereabouts is a broad, shallow basin, a place where the horizon seems to stretch endlessly, marked only by the distant, hazy blue of the Sierra Nevada foothills. Fields of gold and green, depending on the season, unfurl like rumpled blankets across the earth, interspersed with the darker, more stubborn clusters of riparian growth that hint at unseen waterways. The air, especially in the early mornings, carries a faint, earthy scent, a blend of dry soil and the promise of dew, and as the sun climbs, it casts a sharp, clear light that reveals the subtle textures of the sun-baked fields. This is a place where the echoes of agriculture are deeply embedded, a testament to generations who coaxed sustenance from this fertile, if sometimes parched, ground. Historically, the economy of Herald has been tied to the bounty of the land, with crops like wheat and, more recently, orchards and vineyards dominating the cultivated expanses. The Sacramento River, though not directly bordering Herald, has always been an invisible but potent force, its presence shaping the very character of the region. There's a quiet dignity to the way life unfolds here, a steady rhythm dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the hurried pulse of urban centers.
Live animated radar for Herald 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 | Herald, Sacramento County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.295747°N, 121.244392°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95632, 95638 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Herald, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Herald, 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 Herald includes coordinates 38.295747°N, 121.244392°W, situated in Sacramento County. ZIP code 95632, 95638. 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.
