Joshua Tree, California Weather
Joshua Tree, 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 Joshua Tree, San Bernardino County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Joshua Tree. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Joshua Tree is published on the Yucca Valley Airport (KL22) page, 9 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 Joshua Tree 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 Joshua Tree: Twentynine Palms Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field (KNXP) 23 km · Twentynine Palms Airport (KTNP) 34 km · Palm Springs International Airport (KPSP) 38 km · Bermuda Dunes Airport (KUDD) 43 km · Big Bear City Airport (KL35) 52 km
Conditions reported at KL22 describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Joshua Tree specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Joshua Tree.
About Joshua Tree, California
Joshua Tree stretches across a landscape sculpted by wind and sun, a place where ancient rocks and the namesake trees rise from the ochre earth. It lies 14.8 miles west of Twentynine Palms, CA (from Twentynine Palms, CA: bearing 270°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east-north-east of Yucca Valley. The terrain is a rugged tapestry of granite monzogranite boulders, smoothed and weathered by millennia, interspersed with sandy washes that trace the paths of infrequent rains. Sparse vegetation, tenacious and hardy, clings to life: spiny Joshua trees, their arms reaching in eccentric gestures towards the vast, often startlingly blue sky, and the low, resilient desert shrubs that offer scant shade. The air here holds a particular stillness, broken only by the whisper of wind through dry grasses and the distant cry of a hawk, and as evening approaches, the light softens, painting the rocks in hues of rose and amber, a fleeting, breathtaking benediction. The character of Joshua Tree is deeply entwined with its history as a frontier outpost and its present-day identity as a haven for artists and seekers. For decades, its economy was tethered to the extraction of minerals and the quiet endurance of ranching, a life lived in close communion with the unforgiving desert. Now, a different kind of energy pulses through Joshua Tree, fueled by a bohemian spirit and the allure of its stark beauty, drawing in musicians, painters, and writers who find inspiration in its elemental grandeur. The town itself, a collection of low-slung buildings and independent shops, moves at its own unhurried pace, a testament to a community that has found a unique way to thrive amidst the vastness, cherishing the silence and the profound, humbling scale of the surrounding wilderness.
Live animated radar for Joshua Tree 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 | Joshua Tree, San Bernardino County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.134728°N, 116.313066°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92252 |
| Area Code | 714 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Joshua Tree, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Joshua Tree, 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 Joshua Tree includes coordinates 34.134728°N, 116.313066°W, situated in San Bernardino County. ZIP code 92252. 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.
