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Joshua Tree, California

Community in San Bernardino County, California

Air quality

The air at Joshua Tree

Index 40, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Joshua Tree National Park (CA), 6 miles off.

40Good
  • Ozone40Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Joshua Tree

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Joshua Tree, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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On the radar over Joshua Tree, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Joshua Tree, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Joshua Tree 0.9 NNECA-SR-48

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/2,711 ft/85 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Joshua TreeJSTC1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/2,562 ft/234 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank3,756of 4,465

Station report

The weather at Twentynine Palms, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.5 mi from Joshua Tree, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Twentynine Palms, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NXPFIG. A THE SKY OVER TWENTYNINE PALMSSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLETwentynine Palms, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NXPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NXP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 27 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Twentynine Palms: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 27 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 8,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NXPFIG. B THE AIR AT TWENTYNINE PALMSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 8,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.5 FTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 37.0 FSPREAD 36.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 27 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLETwentynine Palms, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NXPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NXP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Twentynine Palms, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NXPFIG. C THE WIND AT TWENTYNINE PALMSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETwentynine Palms, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NXPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NXP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Twentynine Palms, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Joshua Tree (JSTC1), 2.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in California

33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Joshua Tree

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Joshua Tree

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