Walnut Grove, California Weather
Walnut Grove, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Walnut Grove, Sacramento County.
Full aviation weather for Walnut Grove is published on the Rio Vista Municipal Airport (KO88) page, 18 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. 6 airfields within reach of Walnut Grove 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 Walnut Grove: Kingdon Airpark (KO20) 21 km · Lodi Airport (K1O3) 22 km · Sacramento Executive Airport (KSAC) 30 km · Travis Air Force Base (KSUU) 36 km · Sacramento Mather Airport (KMHR) 39 km
Conditions reported at KO88 describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Walnut Grove specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Walnut Grove.
About Walnut Grove, California
Walnut Grove rests in a broad, fertile valley, where the Sacramento River and its tributaries have long shaped the land into a mosaic of rich alluvial soil. It lies 11.5 miles west of Galt, CA (from Galt, CA: bearing 266°T), and is situated 10.0 miles south-south-west of Franklin. The sky here stretches wide, an immense blue canvas that often burns with the intensity of California sun, softening only at dusk into hues of rose and lavender. Fields, emerald in spring and gold in late summer, fan out from the scattered homes and farmsteads, their geometries broken by the silver glint of irrigation canals. The air carries the scent of damp earth, ripening fruit, and the subtle, sweet perfume of blooming orchards, a constant reminder of the land's generous yield. Willows, their branches weeping towards the water, line the riverbanks, their leaves rustling with a sound like whispered secrets, a gentle counterpoint to the distant rumble of traffic on the highway. This corner of the valley has long been a place of cultivation, its history tied to the bounty of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. For generations, the land has been worked by hands that understood its rhythms, coaxing forth crops that have fed distant cities. The economy of Walnut Grove, though diversified now, still hums with the quiet industry of agriculture, the memory of orchards and vineyards etched into the very character of the place. The river, a constant, flowing presence, has not only nourished the soil but also served as a vital artery for trade and travel, a liquid highway that connected this rural heartland to the wider world. Today, the legacy of that connection is felt in the easy flow of goods and the enduring spirit of a community that draws its strength from the fertile earth and the ever-present, life-giving water.
Live animated radar for Walnut Grove 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 | Walnut Grove, Sacramento County, California |
| Coordinates | 38.242137°N, 121.51162°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95690, 95680 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Walnut Grove, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Walnut Grove, 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 Walnut Grove includes coordinates 38.242137°N, 121.511620°W, situated in Sacramento County. ZIP code 95690, 95680. Telephone area code: 530. 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.
