Tuolumne City, California Weather
Tuolumne City, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Tuolumne City, Tuolumne County.
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About Tuolumne City, California
Tuolumne City rests against the Sierra Nevada foothills, where the landscape transitions from rolling oak woodlands to the steeper, pine-studded slopes that climb towards the high country. It lies 41.0 miles east-north-east of Riverbank, CA (from Riverbank, CA: bearing 67°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east of Sonora. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the dry, resinous scent of sun-baked ponderosa and the fainter, earthier perfume of chaparral. Dust, fine as sifted flour, coats the roadside verges, stirred by the infrequent passage of trucks and the whisper of wind through the dry grasses that cling tenaciously to the slopes. The sky, a vast, unblemished blue for much of the year, often deepens to a bruised purple at sunset, casting long, stark shadows from the scattered granite outcrops. The history of Tuolumne City is inextricably bound to the earth's yielding veins, a legacy etched in the weathered timbers of old buildings and the persistent memory of the gold rush. For generations, the pulse of this place beat to the rhythm of pickaxes and the rumble of ore carts, an economy built on the audacious hope of striking it rich. While the feverish rush has long since subsided, a thread of that rugged independence and resourcefulness still colors the character of Tuolumne City. Today, the economy diversifies, drawing from the surrounding timber industry and catering to the steady stream of visitors drawn to the rugged beauty of the nearby Stanislaus National Forest, a wild expanse that cradles the town in its immense, ancient embrace.
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| Location | Tuolumne City, Tuolumne County, California |
| Coordinates | 37.962703°N, 120.2413°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95379 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Tuolumne City, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tuolumne City, 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 Tuolumne City includes coordinates 37.962703°N, 120.241300°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. 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.
