Atwater, CA Weather Forecast
Merced County, California
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The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Atwater, CA at a glance
Atwater is home to about 32,052 people in Merced County, across 6.6 square miles. It ranks 231st by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Merced, 7 miles away.
- County
- Merced County
- Population
- 32,052 2023 est.
- Land area
- 6.6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 4,881
- Forecast point
- 37.3540°N, 120.5972°W
How well can the network see Atwater?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMUX (San Francisco, CA), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 6,000 ft above Atwater. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Atwater can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KMER (Castle AFB). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Atwater
- Merced, CA7 mi
- Livingston, CA7 mi
- Turlock, CA18 mi
- Waterford, CA22 mi
- Hughson, CA23 mi
- Gustine, CA23 mi
- Newman, CA23 mi
- Los Banos, CA24 mi
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