Yucca Valley, California Weather
Yucca Valley, 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 Yucca Valley, San Bernardino County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Yucca Valley. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Yucca Valley is published on the Yucca Valley Airport (KL22) page, 3 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 Yucca Valley 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 Yucca Valley: Twentynine Palms Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field (KNXP) 32 km · Palm Springs International Airport (KPSP) 32 km · Big Bear City Airport (KL35) 42 km · Bermuda Dunes Airport (KUDD) 43 km · Banning Municipal Airport (KBNG) 44 km
Conditions reported at KL22 describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Yucca Valley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Yucca Valley.
About Yucca Valley, California
Yucca Valley breathes a dry, resilient air, a place where the high desert floor cracks open to reveal the stark beauty of ancient rock formations and the tenacious grip of native flora. It lies 11.3 miles north-north-east of Desert Hot Springs, CA (from Desert Hot Springs, CA: bearing 21°T), and is situated 7.0 miles west-south-west of Joshua Tree. The land here is a study in muted earth tones – ochre, sienna, and the pale, chalky white of sun-bleached bone – all under a vast, impossibly blue sky that can, on occasion, bruise with the coming of a monsoon. Jagged peaks, the San Bernardino Mountains, loom in the distance, their slopes often dusted with a fleeting whisper of snow, a stark contrast to the sun-baked plains below. The Joshua trees, with their gnarled limbs reaching like supplicating hands, are the silent sentinels of this landscape, their silhouettes particularly striking against the bruised purples and fiery oranges of a desert sunset. The very stillness of the air here can feel profound, broken only by the skitter of a lizard or the distant, lonely howl of a coyote. Yucca Valley’s story is one of arid ambition and a persistent spirit of independence, a narrative etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring resilience of its people and the land they inhabit. Originally inhabited by the Serrano people, the area later saw a boom in the mid-20th century with the rise of the California real estate market and a burgeoning interest in desert living, attracting artists, musicians, and those seeking a simpler, more elemental existence. The local economy, while diversified, still carries echoes of its past, with a strong presence of small businesses and a growing reputation as a haven for creative types drawn to its unique aesthetic and affordable living. It’s a place where the ghost of Route 66 still whispers on the wind, and the Morongo Basin’s unique geological wonders, like the nearby Joshua Tree National Park, draw visitors from across the globe, all seeking a glimpse of this stark, beautiful corner of the world.
Live animated radar for Yucca Valley 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 | Yucca Valley, San Bernardino County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.114174°N, 116.432235°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92284, 92286 |
| Area Code | 714 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Yucca Valley, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Yucca Valley, 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 Yucca Valley includes coordinates 34.114174°N, 116.432235°W, situated in San Bernardino County. ZIP code 92284, 92286. 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.
