Alta Sierra is warming faster than most towns
Alta Sierra has mild winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 29°, and about 6 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 57°, and nights fall to 34°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Alta Sierra’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Alta Sierra’s year
Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.
Weather talk
Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Alta Sierra.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Alta Sierra itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Glennville, CA (9 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.