La Quinta, California Weather
La Quinta, 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 La Quinta, Los Angeles County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near La Quinta. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for La Quinta is published on the Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) page, 19 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 La Quinta 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 La Quinta: Whiteman Airport (KWHP) 22 km · Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport (KBUR) 30 km · Santa Monica Municipal Airport (KSMO) 39 km · General William J Fox Airfield (KWJF) 60 km
Conditions reported at KVNY describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at La Quinta specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for La Quinta.
About La Quinta, California
La Quinta unfolds like a sun-baked scroll at the foot of the starkly beautiful San Gabriel Mountains. It lies 5.4 miles north-north-west of Chatsworth, CA (from Chatsworth, CA: bearing 335°T), and is situated 7.1 miles south-west of Santa Clarita. The air here carries a dry, mineral tang, a constant reminder of the ancient earth from which it springs, and the light, particularly in the late afternoon, has a burnished quality, gilding the pale stucco walls and the dusty green of the mesquite. Canyons, etched deep into the mountainside, offer shadowed relief from the pervasive sun, their slopes a mosaic of scrub oak and resilient chaparral that seems to drink the warmth directly from the sky. The landscape feels vast and elemental, a place where the human presence is a deliberate, carefully placed accent against a canvas of rock and sky. This particular stretch of Southern California holds echoes of a past shaped by water and ambition. The San Gabriel River, though often a whisper rather than a roar, has been a lifeblood for generations, its alluvial plains fostering an agricultural bounty that once defined the region. For decades, citrus groves and vineyards flourished, their scent a sweet counterpoint to the dry air, feeding a local economy built on the land's generous, if demanding, embrace. Today, while agriculture still plays a role, the character of La Quinta has shifted, drawing its dynamism from a more diverse range of enterprises, and attracting those who find solace and inspiration in the dramatic intersection of mountain and valley, a place that feels both ancient and perpetually new.
Live animated radar for La Quinta 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 | La Quinta, Los Angeles County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.327778°N, 118.640644°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 91311, 92253 |
| Area Code | 626, 714 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This La Quinta, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for La Quinta, 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 La Quinta includes coordinates 34.327778°N, 118.640644°W, situated in Los Angeles County. ZIP code 91311, 92253. Telephone area code: 626, 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.
