Desert Shores, California Weather
Desert Shores, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Desert Shores, Imperial County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Desert Shores. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Desert Shores is published on the Salton Sea Airport (KSAS) page, 20 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. 5 airfields within reach of Desert Shores 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 Shores: Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (KTRM) 27 km · Chiriaco Summit Airport (KL77) 42 km · Bermuda Dunes Airport (KUDD) 44 km · Cliff Hatfield Memorial Airport (KCLR) 57 km
Conditions reported at KSAS describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Desert Shores specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Desert Shores.
About Desert Shores, California
Desert Shores lies at the edge of an ancient, vast expanse, where the sun paints the sky in hues of ochre and rose as it dips below the horizon. It lies 20.6 miles south-south-east of Coachella, CA (from Coachella, CA: bearing 158°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north-north-west of Salton City. The landscape here is a study in subtle endurance, a canvas of pale earth meeting a sky that seems to stretch into infinity. Low-lying scrub, tenacious and sparse, clings to the cracked, sun-baked soil, a testament to life’s persistence in this arid embrace. The air itself carries a dry, mineral tang, a constant whisper of the desert’s elemental power, while the silence, broken only by the occasional sigh of the wind, possesses a profound stillness that can feel both vast and intimate. The story of Desert Shores is one of harnessing what the land offers, a history shaped by the dreams of those who saw potential in this seemingly unyielding terrain. Its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the surrounding agricultural heartland, where irrigation channels, like silver threads, bring life to fields of cotton and vegetables, a striking contrast to the wilder beauty of the desert proper. The Salton Sea, a unique inland body of water, has been both a blessing and a challenge for Desert Shores, drawing visitors with its promise of recreation and its distinct, almost otherworldly atmosphere, its shores a place where the whispers of past boom times mingle with the quiet hum of present-day life.
Live animated radar for Desert Shores 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 Shores, Imperial County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.4042°N, 116.039724°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92274 |
| Area Code | 714 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Desert Shores, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Desert Shores, 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 Shores includes coordinates 33.404200°N, 116.039724°W, situated in Imperial County. ZIP code 92274. 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.
