Merced, CA Weather Forecast
Merced County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Merced, 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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Merced, CA at a glance
Merced is home to about 93,692 people in Merced County, across 23 square miles. It ranks 80th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Atwater, 7 miles away.
- County
- Merced County
- Population
- 93,692 2023 est.
- Land area
- 23 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 4,029
- Forecast point
- 37.3057°N, 120.4779°W
How well can the network see Merced?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMUX (San Francisco, CA), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 6,700 ft above Merced. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Merced can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KMCE (Merced/Macready Fld). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Merced
- Atwater, CA7 mi
- Livingston, CA15 mi
- Chowchilla, CA18 mi
- Dos Palos, CA24 mi
- Turlock, CA25 mi
- Los Banos, CA26 mi
- Waterford, CA28 mi
- Gustine, CA29 mi
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