Lake Tahoe, California Weather
Lake Tahoe, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lake Tahoe.
About Lake Tahoe, California
Lake Tahoe, a vast expanse of sapphire cradled by granite peaks, commands attention with its sheer, breathtaking beauty. It lies 19.1 miles south-west of Carson City, NV (from Carson City, NV: bearing 216°T), and is situated 0.6 miles north-east of South Lake Tahoe. The air here carries a crisp, invigorating chill, even in the height of summer, a constant reminder of the snowmelt that feeds its unparalleled clarity. Jagged Sierra Nevada mountains, their flanks cloaked in dense pine and fir forests, rise steeply from the shoreline, their ruggedness softened by the ethereal blue of the water. Sunlight, when it strikes the surface, fractures into a million dancing diamonds, illuminating depths that plunge to over 1,600 feet. The scent of pine needles, warmed by the sun, mingles with the clean, almost mineral tang of the lake itself, creating an olfactory signature as unique as its landscape. The history of Lake Tahoe is deeply entwined with the dreams of westward expansion and the rugged pursuit of wealth. For millennia, indigenous peoples thrived here, their lives intimately connected to the rhythms of the land and water. Later, the discovery of silver in the Comstock Lode brought a rush of prospectors and entrepreneurs, transforming quiet shores into bustling hubs of commerce and, at times, raucous revelry. Today, the local economy thrives on a different kind of treasure: tourism, drawing visitors from across the globe to experience its alpine grandeur. The legacy of those early days, however, lingers in the sturdy, weathered architecture of older buildings and the enduring spirit of self-reliance that still characterizes the communities that ring this magnificent body of water.
Live animated radar for Lake Tahoe 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 | Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.939926°N, 119.977187°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96150 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake Tahoe, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake Tahoe, 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 Lake Tahoe includes coordinates 38.939926°N, 119.977187°W, situated in El Dorado County. ZIP code 96150. 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. 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.
