Tuolumne City, California Weather
Tuolumne City, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Tuolumne City, Tuolumne County.
Full aviation weather for Tuolumne City 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 City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Tuolumne City.
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.
Live animated radar for Tuolumne City 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
