Rancho Murieta, California Weather
Rancho Murieta, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rancho Murieta, Sacramento County.
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About Rancho Murieta, California
Rancho Murieta unfolds across rolling foothills, a landscape painted in the muted greens and ochres of California's interior valleys. It lies 12.7 miles south of El Dorado Hills, CA (from El Dorado Hills, CA: bearing 183°T), and is situated 16.3 miles east-north-east of Elk Grove. Oak savannas, their ancient branches gnarled like arthritic fingers, punctuate the undulating terrain, offering dappled shade to the winding roads and manicured lawns. The air here, especially as the afternoon sun begins its slow descent, carries the dry, sweet scent of sun-baked earth and wild chaparral, a fragrance that clings to the skin like a forgotten memory. A sense of quietude pervades Rancho Murieta, a gentle hush broken only by the distant whir of an unseen sprinkler or the contented sigh of a resident enjoying the twilight. This place, Rancho Murieta, was once a different kind of land, a place shaped by the aspirations of those who sought to build a distinctive way of life. Its development in the latter half of the 20th century envisioned a sanctuary, a planned community designed around shared amenities and a certain quality of living, rather than the boom-and-bust cycles of mining or the expansive fields of traditional agriculture that characterize so much of the surrounding Sacramento County. The local economy today is largely supported by the residents themselves, their livelihoods extending outwards into the broader metropolitan area, while the community thrives on its internal cohesion and the shared enjoyment of its recreational spaces, particularly its well-maintained golf courses and the tranquil waters of its lakes, where the setting sun often casts a molten gold shimmer.
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| Location | Rancho Murieta, Sacramento County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.501853°N, 121.094667°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95683 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rancho Murieta, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rancho Murieta, 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 Rancho Murieta includes coordinates 38.501853°N, 121.094667°W, situated in Sacramento County. ZIP code 95683. 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.
