Sugar Pine, California Weather
Sugar Pine, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sugar Pine, Madera County.
Full aviation weather for Sugar Pine is published on the Mariposa Yosemite Airport (KMPI) page, 37 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KMPI describe the airfield itself. Weather 37 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sugar Pine specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sugar Pine.
About Sugar Pine, California
Sugar Pine clings to the Sierra Nevada’s western slope, a place where granite shoulders hold up a sky that bleeds sapphire at midday. It lies 40.6 miles north-east of Madera, CA (from Madera, CA: bearing 35°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north of Oakhurst. The air here is thin and crisp, carrying the scent of ponderosa pine and the faint, mineral tang of distant snowmelt. Rolling hills, cloaked in the deep, somber green of evergreens, give way to steeper inclines that scrape at the clouds, their exposed rock faces catching the sun in glinting, sharp facets. The land itself feels ancient, a patient observer of seasons that arrive with a dramatic flourish, transforming the muted tones of summer into the stark, silent beauty of winter’s embrace. Even the quietest moments are punctuated by the rustle of unseen creatures in the undergrowth and the sigh of the wind through the immense, sugar-scented pines that give this locality its name. The history of Sugar Pine is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet resilience of a landscape shaped by the relentless pursuit of timber and the fleeting promise of gold. Long before roads were laid and communities formed, this area pulsed with the rhythmic thud of axes and the rumble of ore carts, a testament to the ambition that once defined its rugged terrain. While the echoes of those boom times have long since faded, a certain hardy spirit persists, a legacy of those who carved a life from the unforgiving slopes. Today, the economy draws a more measured breath, tied to the enduring allure of the surrounding wilderness, attracting those who seek solace in its vastness and the subtle, enduring beauty of a place that has learned to endure.
Live animated radar for Sugar Pine 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.
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| Location | Sugar Pine, Madera County, California |
| Coordinates | 37.441051°N, 119.634318°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93644, 93664 |
| Area Code | 760 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sugar Pine, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sugar Pine, 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 Sugar Pine includes coordinates 37.441051°N, 119.634318°W, situated in Madera County. ZIP code 93644, 93664. 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.
