Chowchilla, CA Weather Forecast
Madera County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Chowchilla, with free alerts the moment it counts.
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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Chowchilla, CA at a glance
Chowchilla is home to about 19,328 people in Madera County, across 11 square miles. It ranks 303rd by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Madera, 13 miles away.
- County
- Madera County
- Population
- 19,328 2023 est.
- Land area
- 11 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,743
- Forecast point
- 37.1161°N, 120.2420°W
How well can the network see Chowchilla?
The nearest Doppler radar is KHNX (Hanford, CA), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 5,100 ft above Chowchilla. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Chowchilla can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KMAE (Madera Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Chowchilla
- Madera, CA13 mi
- Merced, CA18 mi
- Firebaugh, CA22 mi
- Dos Palos, CA23 mi
- Atwater, CA26 mi
- Mendota, CA26 mi
- Kerman, CA29 mi
- Livingston, CA33 mi
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