Rancho Mirage, California Weather
Rancho Mirage, 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 Rancho Mirage, Riverside County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Rancho Mirage. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Rancho Mirage is published on the Bermuda Dunes Airport (KUDD) page, 13 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 Rancho Mirage 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 Rancho Mirage: Palm Springs International Airport (KPSP) 13 km · Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (KTRM) 27 km · Yucca Valley Airport (KL22) 43 km · Banning Municipal Airport (KBNG) 45 km · Hemet Ryan Airport (KHMT) 56 km
Conditions reported at KUDD describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rancho Mirage specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rancho Mirage.
About Rancho Mirage, California
Rancho Mirage unfolds under a vast, cerulean sky, a landscape sculpted by the persistent hand of the desert. It lies 2.5 miles west-north-west of Palm Desert, CA (from Palm Desert, CA: bearing 299°T), and is situated 4.1 miles south-east of Cathedral City. The San Jacinto Mountains rise in a dramatic, jagged silhouette to the west, their steep slopes a testament to tectonic forces, while the valley floor spreads out in a sun-baked expanse of muted ochres and dusty greens. Here, the air itself seems to shimmer with a dry, radiant heat, carrying the faint, earthy scent of creosote bush and the distant, subtle perfume of blooming desert wildflowers after a rare rain. Palm trees, their fronds rustling like dry paper in the breeze, mark the edges of manicured fairways and the cool, inviting blues of swimming pools, creating a striking contrast between the raw, ancient land and the cultivated oases of human habitation. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, softens and deepens, casting long, attenuated shadows that paint the scrub-dotted terrain in hues of rose and gold. The history of Rancho Mirage is one of transformation, from a sparsely populated agricultural frontier to a celebrated desert retreat. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil and abundant sunshine, cultivated date palms and citrus groves, their efforts etching a verdant pattern into the arid earth. This agricultural heritage subtly informs the character of Rancho Mirage even today, a sense of patient growth and careful cultivation lingering beneath the surface of its more recent identity as a haven for leisure and retirement. The local economy is now largely defined by tourism and the hospitality industry, with world-class golf courses, luxury resorts, and vibrant shopping districts drawing visitors from across the globe. This prosperity is mirrored in the town's distinctive architecture, a blend of mid-century modernism and contemporary desert chic, designed to harmonize with the surrounding environment while offering comfortable refuge from the sun's intensity. Rancho Mirage, in its elegance and its embrace of the desert's stark beauty, offers a unique chapter in the story of Southern California's evolution.
Live animated radar for Rancho Mirage 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 | Rancho Mirage, Riverside County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.739744°N, 116.41279°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92270 |
| Area Code | 714 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rancho Mirage, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rancho Mirage, 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 Rancho Mirage includes coordinates 33.739744°N, 116.412790°W, situated in Riverside County. ZIP code 92270. 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.
