Placerville, California Weather
Placerville, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Placerville, El Dorado County.
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About Placerville, California
Placerville unfolds across rolling hills, a landscape sculpted by the Sierra Nevada's foothills. It lies 15.6 miles east-north-east of El Dorado Hills, CA (from El Dorado Hills, CA: bearing 79°T), and is situated 2.6 miles north-north-east of Diamond Springs. Here, granite outcroppings, softened by centuries of sun and rain, punctuate the vibrant green of oak woodlands, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers towards a sky that often burns a cerulean blue. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, sun-warmed scent of pine needles and dust, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in from all sides. A gentle breeze, rustling through the leaves, whispers secrets of the past, a subtle murmur beneath the hum of everyday life. This is a place where gold fever once burned hot, and the echoes of that tumultuous past still resonate in the very bones of Placerville. Prospectors, driven by dreams of fortune, carved out a rough existence here, their spirit of grit and resilience now woven into the town's character. Today, the economy leans more towards the sweet bounty of its apple orchards and vineyards, the fertile soil yielding produce that graces tables far and wide. Along the main thoroughfare, historic buildings stand as weathered sentinels, their facades hinting at the saloons and assay offices that once defined this bustling hub, a testament to a bygone era.
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| Location | Placerville, El Dorado County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.729625°N, 120.798546°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95667 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Placerville, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Placerville, 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 Placerville includes coordinates 38.729625°N, 120.798546°W, situated in El Dorado County. ZIP code 95667. 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.
