North Fork, California Weather
North Fork, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for North Fork, Madera County.
Full aviation weather for North Fork is published on the Fresno Yosemite International Airport (KFAT) page, 54 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. 3 airfields within reach of North Fork 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 North Fork: Mariposa Yosemite Airport (KMPI) 56 km · Madera Municipal Airport (KMAE) 60 km
Conditions reported at KFAT describe the airfield itself. Weather 54 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at North Fork specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for North Fork.
About North Fork, California
North Fork is a place where the air, thin and sharp with the scent of pine needles, seems to hold the memory of a thousand mountain winters. It lies 29.9 miles north-north-east of Clovis, CA (from Clovis, CA: bearing 21°T), and is situated 10.3 miles south-east of Oakhurst. The landscape here is a rugged embrace of Sierra Nevada foothills, where granite outcroppings, weathered smooth by ages of wind and rain, punctuate slopes carpeted in dense forests of ponderosa and sugar pine. Sunlight, when it filters through the high canopy, falls in shifting patterns, illuminating patches of dry, chaparral-studded earth and hinting at the deeper, cooler shadows that lie beyond. The very ground underfoot feels ancient, a mosaic of fallen cones, brittle leaves, and the occasional, startling flash of mica in a stone. The history of North Fork is etched into its very bones, a story woven from the resilience of the indigenous Miwok people who first called this land home, and the hardy pioneers who followed. For generations, the logging industry formed the backbone of North Fork's economy, the scent of sawdust a constant companion to the mountain breeze, though its influence has waned, giving way to a quieter existence. Today, the rhythm of North Fork is dictated more by the changing seasons than the clang of machinery, with tourism, particularly in the warmer months, bringing a gentle influx of visitors drawn to the wild beauty of the surrounding Sierra National Forest. This locality, with its few scattered businesses and the enduring spirit of its residents, offers a particular brand of mountain living, a blend of self-sufficiency and a quiet appreciation for the raw, untamed grandeur that surrounds it.
Live animated radar for North Fork 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 | North Fork, Madera County, California |
| Coordinates | 37.229669°N, 119.509581°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93643, 93669 |
| Area Code | 760 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This North Fork, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for North Fork, 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 North Fork includes coordinates 37.229669°N, 119.509581°W, situated in Madera County. ZIP code 93643, 93669. 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. 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.
