La Quinta, California Weather
La Quinta, 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 La Quinta, Los Angeles County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
