Desert Palms, California Weather
Desert Palms, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Desert Palms, Riverside County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Desert Palms. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Desert Palms is published on the Bermuda Dunes Airport (KUDD) page, 4 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. 6 airfields within reach of Desert Palms 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 Desert Palms: Palm Springs International Airport (KPSP) 21 km · Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (KTRM) 21 km · Yucca Valley Airport (KL22) 40 km · Twentynine Palms Airport (KTNP) 51 km · Banning Municipal Airport (KBNG) 54 km
Conditions reported at KUDD describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Desert Palms specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Desert Palms, California
Desert Palms lies where the sun bakes the earth a pale ochre, a place defined by the stark beauty of its arid landscape. It lies 6.0 miles north-west of Indio, CA (from Indio, CA: bearing 312°T), and is situated 9.9 miles east of Cathedral City. The ground here is a tapestry of fine gravel and hardy scrub, punctuated by the resolute, spiky forms of creosote bush and the occasional stoic cholla cactus, its barbed arms reaching out like skeletal fingers. Distant, hazy mountains, their peaks softened by the perpetual shimmer of heat, form an unbroken horizon, a silent, ancient audience to the land’s slow, geological breathing. The air itself carries a dry, mineral tang, a scent of dust and distant sage, and when the sun begins its descent, it paints the sky in hues of bruised violet and molten gold, a spectacle that stills the restless spirit. The history of Desert Palms is written in the dusty tracks of early settlers drawn by the promise of fertile soil beneath the unforgiving surface, a promise often realized through laborious irrigation. For decades, the local economy was tethered to the cultivation of citrus groves, the sweet, sharp scent of ripening oranges a fleeting counterpoint to the ever-present dryness, though many of those orchards have since yielded to the relentless march of development and the steady demand for housing. Today, Desert Palms hums with a different kind of energy, a quiet commerce catering to residents and the steady trickle of visitors seeking the region’s unique brand of sun-drenched tranquility and access to the vast, wild spaces that surround it. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the sun's arc, a slow and deliberate tempo that encourages a mindful appreciation of the light, the silence, and the enduring resilience of life in this sun-scoured corner of the world.
Live animated radar for Desert Palms 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 | Desert Palms, Riverside County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.7789°N, 116.293°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92211 |
| Area Code | 714 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Desert Palms, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Desert Palms, 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 Desert Palms includes coordinates 33.778900°N, 116.293000°W, situated in Riverside County. ZIP code 92211. Telephone area code: 714. 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.
