Modesto, CA Weather Forecast
Stanislaus County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Modesto, 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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Modesto, CA at a glance
Modesto is home to about 218,915 people in Stanislaus County, across 43 square miles. It ranks 19th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Ceres, 3 miles away.
- County
- Stanislaus County
- Population
- 218,915 2023 est.
- Land area
- 43 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 5,049
- Forecast point
- 37.6375°N, 121.0030°W
How well can the network see Modesto?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMUX (San Francisco, CA), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,500 ft above Modesto. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Modesto can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KMOD (Modesto/Sham Fld). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Modesto
- Ceres, CA3 mi
- Riverbank, CA7 mi
- Hughson, CA8 mi
- Ripon, CA10 mi
- Escalon, CA11 mi
- Turlock, CA12 mi
- Oakdale, CA12 mi
- Waterford, CA14 mi
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