Tuolumne, California Weather
Tuolumne, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Tuolumne, Tuolumne County.
Full aviation weather for Tuolumne is published on the Mariposa Yosemite Airport (KMPI) page, 53 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 53 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Tuolumne specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Tuolumne.
About Tuolumne, California
Tuolumne rests in a high Sierra Nevada embrace, where granite shoulders rise to meet a sky often painted in the deepest blues of late summer. It lies 41.1 miles east-north-east of Riverbank, CA (from Riverbank, CA: bearing 68°T), and is situated 8.0 miles east-south-east of Sonora. The air here carries a crispness, a clean scent of pine and sun-baked earth, that invigorates the lungs. Rolling hills, cloaked in the muted greens of chaparral and the darker hues of evergreen forests, undulate towards the horizon, their slopes occasionally broken by the starker, sun-bleached bones of exposed rock. The land feels ancient, a patient observer of seasons and epochs, its contours shaped by forces as grand as glaciers and as subtle as the slow erosion of wind and rain. The rhythm of Tuolumne is one of quiet persistence, a steady breath drawn from the surrounding wildness. The legacy of gold runs deep in the soil of Tuolumne, a whisper of the fevered dreams and arduous labor that once defined this region. Prospectors, drawn by the promise of glittering riches, carved out a precarious existence, their efforts laying the groundwork for the settlements that followed. Today, the echoes of that past inform the local economy, which finds its strength in the enduring allure of the Sierra Nevada’s natural bounty, from timber harvested with mindful stewardship to the steady flow of visitors drawn to the grandeur of nearby Yosemite National Park. The community itself, though small, possesses a resilient character, a quiet pride in its heritage and a pragmatic connection to the land that sustains it, a character reflected in the weathered facades of buildings and the easy camaraderie of its residents.
Live animated radar for Tuolumne 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 | Tuolumne, Tuolumne County, California |
| Coordinates | 37.960758°N, 120.237411°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95379 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Tuolumne, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tuolumne, 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 Tuolumne includes coordinates 37.960758°N, 120.237411°W, situated in Tuolumne County. ZIP code 95379. Telephone area code: 408, 669. 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.
