Rancho Murieta, California Weather
Rancho Murieta, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rancho Murieta, Sacramento County.
Full aviation weather for Rancho Murieta is published on the Rancho Murieta Airport (KRIU) page, 2 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. 6 airfields within reach of Rancho Murieta 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 Rancho Murieta: Sacramento Mather Airport (KMHR) 19 km · McClellan Airfield (KMCC) 32 km · Sacramento Executive Airport (KSAC) 35 km · Lodi Airport (K1O3) 37 km · Sacramento International Airport (KSMF) 48 km
Conditions reported at KRIU describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rancho Murieta specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rancho Murieta.
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.
Live animated radar for Rancho Murieta 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
