Chowchilla, CA Weather Forecast
Madera County, California
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The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in this afternoon
It is 60° with a dew point of 45°, which is dry for this time of year. The sky is mostly sunny.
The wind turns to the south-southeast around 1 AM. The first rain arrives between noon and 1 PM, with the best chance of it around 5 PM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about noon, and it closes quickly after that.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
A long wet stretch ahead
The wet part of the window runs from about noon to 10 PM, 10 hours of it, with the highest chance near 5 PM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.32 in.
It tapers off after 10 PM. The overnight low settles near 53°. Tomorrow reaches 65°, 7° warmer than today. It also gets muggier, so tomorrow will feel warmer than the number on its own suggests.
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
40–66°F across the weekThe week runs between 42° and 66°, with Sunday the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Tomorrow is the wettest day, peaking near 93%. 4 of the 7 days stay dry.
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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
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