Death Valley Junction, California Weather
Death Valley Junction, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Death Valley Junction, Inyo County.
Full aviation weather for Death Valley Junction is published on the Shoshone Airport (KL61) page, 39 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 Junction 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 Junction: Desert Rock Airport (KDRA) 49 km
Conditions reported at KL61 describe the airfield itself. Weather 39 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Death Valley Junction specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Death Valley Junction.
About Death Valley Junction, California
Death Valley Junction, California, exists as a stark sentinel against the immensity of the Mojave Desert. It lies 24.8 miles west-north-west of Pahrump, NV (from Pahrump, NV: bearing 285°T), and is situated 23.6 miles south of Amargosa Valley. Here, the land is a study in muted ochres and sun-bleached grays, a vast canvas where the horizon stretches into an infinite, shimmering haze. The air, thin and dry, carries the scent of creosote and dust, a perfume that clings to everything under the relentless, cerulean sky. Jagged mountains, like the colossal bones of some forgotten titan, rise abruptly from the valley floor, their slopes etched with the ravages of wind and time. The silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of the wind or the distant, metallic clatter of something unseen. The history of Death Valley Junction is inextricably linked to the bounty and the brutal demands of the earth. Once a bustling hub for the Pacific Coast Borax Company, its fortunes were tied to the extraction of mineral wealth from the surrounding earth, a past that still whispers through its weathered structures. The iconic 1920s Death Valley Inn, with its Spanish-influenced architecture, stands as a grand, if now somewhat faded, monument to a bygone era of boom and bust, a place where prospectors and railroad men once sought respite. Today, the economy of Death Valley Junction is a slender thread, woven from the hardy souls who still call it home and the curious travelers drawn by the stark, untamed beauty of this extreme landscape, a place where the legend of the desert continues to unfold.
Live animated radar for Death Valley Junction 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.
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| Location | Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, California |
| Coordinates | 36.302178°N, 116.413653°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 Junction, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Death Valley Junction, 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 Junction includes coordinates 36.302178°N, 116.413653°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.
