South Lake Tahoe, CA Weather Forecast
El Dorado County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for South Lake Tahoe, 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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South Lake Tahoe, CA at a glance
South Lake Tahoe is home to about 21,079 people in El Dorado County, across 10 square miles. It ranks 294th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Carson, 20 miles away.
- County
- El Dorado County
- Population
- 21,079 2023 est.
- Land area
- 10 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,094
- Forecast point
- 38.9282°N, 119.9810°W
How well can the network see South Lake Tahoe?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRGX (Reno, NV), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,900 ft above South Lake Tahoe. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for South Lake Tahoe can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KTVL (Lake Tahoe Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near South Lake Tahoe
- Carson, NV20 mi
- Truckee, CA31 mi
- Reno, NV43 mi
- Placerville, CA46 mi
- Yerington, NV47 mi
- Sparks, NV47 mi
- Sutter Creek, CA58 mi
- Jackson, CA59 mi
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