Citizen station CW2285CW2285
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/271 ft/717 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/California/Desert Edge
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Desert Edge until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Desert Edge is 75° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 88° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 71° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 88°, and the coolest Thursday, near 74°. Rain is likely Wednesday (51%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:27 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Desert Edge, California.
Air quality
Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Joshua Tree National Park (CA), 11 miles off.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Desert Edge, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Desert Edge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station CW2285CW2285
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/271 ft/717 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/7.5 mi away/463 ft/525 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cathedral City - Cathedral CanyonEDRC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.9 mi away/588 ft/400 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-10 - West of Haugen-Lehmann WayCF012
Beside a road/14.9 mi away/1,358 ft/370 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Palm Springs 5.1 NCA-RV-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/532 ft/456 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Palm SpringsPMPC1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/425 ft/563 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 7.5 mi from Desert Edge, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
77.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 29 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,900 ft up.
From the east northeast (60 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Palm Springs Rgnl, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.