Mendota, California Weather
Mendota, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Mendota, Fresno County.
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About Mendota, California
Mendota lies under a sky that seems to stretch forever, an endless canvas where the sun burns with an almost fierce intensity during the day, softening into bruised purples and molten golds as dusk descends. It lies 22.8 miles south-west of Madera, CA (from Madera, CA: bearing 231°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south-south-east of Firebaugh. The landscape here is a study in patient endurance, a flat expanse of rich, dark earth that yields its bounty under the relentless sun, fringed by the distant, hazy blue of the Sierra Nevada foothills. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the dry, sweet scent of ripening crops and the faint, dusty aroma of the earth itself, a testament to the agricultural heart that beats at Mendota’s core. The occasional wind, when it stirs, rustles through the sparse cottonwood trees that offer meager shade, a whisper of the vastness that surrounds this agricultural outpost. The history of Mendota is inextricably linked to the fertile lands it cultivates, a place where irrigation canals, like veins, carry life-giving water across the valley floor, enabling a vibrant agricultural economy centered on cotton, alfalfa, and vegetables. Its origins are rooted in the railroad and the need to serve the burgeoning farms that sprung up in this fertile pocket of the San Joaquin Valley. Generations have toiled here, their lives marked by the rhythm of planting and harvest, a cycle that defines the pace of life in Mendota. The town itself, a collection of modest buildings and wide streets, possesses a quiet resilience, a sense of purpose born from the hard work of sustained agriculture, where the bounty of the land is the true and enduring wealth.
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| Location | Mendota, Fresno County, California |
| Coordinates | 36.753561°N, 120.381557°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93640 |
| Area Code | 760 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mendota, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mendota, 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 Mendota includes coordinates 36.753561°N, 120.381557°W, situated in Fresno County. ZIP code 93640. 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. 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.
