Vallecito, California Weather
Vallecito, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Vallecito, Calaveras County.
Full aviation weather for Vallecito is published on the Calaveras Co Maury Rasmussen Field (KCPU) page, 16 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. 2 airfields within reach of Vallecito 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 Vallecito: Westover Field Amador County Airport (KJAQ) 42 km
Conditions reported at KCPU describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Vallecito specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Vallecito.
About Vallecito, California
Vallecito rests in a basin cupped by the Sierra Nevada foothills, where the dry air carries the scent of sun-baked pine and the distant murmur of Dry Creek. It lies 35.1 miles north-east of Riverbank, CA (from Riverbank, CA: bearing 46°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north-west of Sonora. The landscape here is a study in ochre and sage, with scattered live oaks clinging to slopes that swell and recede like gentle waves. Scrub brush, resilient and tenacious, carpets the ground, punctuated by the occasional flash of a roadrunner or the stoic silhouette of a weathered fence post. Even the sunlight feels ancient, slanting through the dust motes in the afternoon with a golden, almost liquid quality, hinting at the deep, quiet stillness that pervades this place. The very earth seems to exhale a warmth that has been building for millennia. This land has known the restless tread of prospectors, their hopes for gold echoing in the canyons, a history still visible in the scattered remnants of old mining operations and the enduring stories of boom and bust. The local economy, though less driven by the feverish hunt of yesteryear, still finds its roots in the earth and its bounty. Cattle graze on the sparse grasses, their bells a faint, melodic counterpoint to the wind’s sigh, and small vineyards, hardy and determined, are beginning to establish themselves, drawing character from the lean soil. Vallecito itself, a crossroads of sorts, retains a character of unpretentious resilience, a place where the past is not so much forgotten as it is integrated into the quiet rhythm of daily life, a gentle hum beneath the vast, indifferent sky.
Live animated radar for Vallecito 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 | Vallecito, Calaveras County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.090199°N, 120.473532°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95251 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Vallecito, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Vallecito, 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 Vallecito includes coordinates 38.090199°N, 120.473532°W, situated in Calaveras County. ZIP code 95251. 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.
