Death Valley, California Weather
Death Valley, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Death Valley, Inyo County.
Full aviation weather for Death Valley is published on the Stovepipe Wells Airport (KL09) page, 22 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 2 airfields within reach of Death Valley have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Death Valley: Beatty Airport (KBTY) 39 km
Conditions reported at KL09 describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Death Valley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Death Valley.
About Death Valley, California
Death Valley unfolds as a vast amphitheater of extremes, where ochre-stained mountains plunge into a basin floor bleached by relentless sun. It lies 57.3 miles west-north-west of Pahrump, NV (from Pahrump, NV: bearing 293°T), and is situated 30.5 miles west-south-west of Amargosa Valley. The air itself feels brittle, a dry whisper that carries the scent of dust and ancient stone. Here, the earth cracks open to reveal a stark, almost geological poetry: salt flats gleam like shattered mirrors under a sky that stretches, impossibly blue, from horizon to horizon. The very silence seems to have a texture, a profound stillness broken only by the murmur of wind sculpting dunes into ephemeral waves. At dusk, the towering peaks bleed into hues of rose and violet, a fleeting, painterly grace that softens the raw, untamed character of this land. This immense expanse, a national park now, was once a crucible of hope and hardship for prospectors drawn by whispers of silver and gold. The ghosts of boomtowns like Rhyolite linger in the skeletal remains of buildings, a poignant testament to the ephemeral nature of fortune-seeking. The local economy, once driven by the arduous extraction of minerals, now finds its pulse in the steady stream of visitors drawn to Death Valley's singular, stark beauty. The resilient spirit of those who first tamed this harsh environment is echoed in the hardy desert flora that clings tenaciously to life, a silent defiance against the overwhelming heat and aridity.
Live animated radar for Death Valley and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Death Valley, Inyo County, California |
| Coordinates | 36.532265°N, 116.932541°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92328 |
| Area Code | 909 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Death Valley, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Death Valley, California, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Death Valley includes coordinates 36.532265°N, 116.932541°W, situated in Inyo County. ZIP code 92328. Telephone area code: 909. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
