Storm Station
Joshua Tree, California
86°
Clear· Feels like 83°·Gentle breeze 11 mph SSW
Mostly cloudy. Low around 72, with temperatures rising to around 74 overnight. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph.
-UV
34Air quality
15%Humidity
3%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 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 now2 instruments

Yucca Valley RAWSUCCC1

A remote fire weather station/5.2 mi away/3,260 ft/464 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank683of 3,115

Twentynine PalmsNXP

At an airfield/14.5 mi away/2,054 ft/742 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3,038of 3,115

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

Rank-

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

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Twentynine Palms, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.5 mi from Joshua Tree. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:54 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 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NXP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

78.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 19 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 10,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Twentynine Palms: temperature 78.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.0, 19 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 10,100 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 STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00010 F30 F50 F70 F90 FSATURATES 10,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 23.9 FTEMPERATURE 78.0 FDEW POINT 33.0 FSPREAD 45.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 19 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 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NXP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Twentynine Palms, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, 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 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETwentynine Palms, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NXPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-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 25 Sep, 07:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in California

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