Joshua Tree, California Weather
Joshua Tree, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Joshua Tree, San Bernardino County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
