Palm Desert, CA Weather Forecast
Riverside County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Palm Desert, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Palm Desert, CA at a glance
Palm Desert is home to about 51,951 people in Riverside County, across 27 square miles. It ranks 171st by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Indian Wells, 3 miles away.
- County
- Riverside County
- Population
- 51,951 2023 est.
- Land area
- 27 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,940
- Forecast point
- 33.7376°N, 116.3641°W
How well can the network see Palm Desert?
The nearest Doppler radar is KNKX (San Diego, CA), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 5,500 ft above Palm Desert. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Palm Desert can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KPSP (Palm Springs Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Palm Desert
- Indian Wells, CA3 mi
- Rancho Mirage, CA4 mi
- Indio, CA7 mi
- La Quinta, CA8 mi
- Cathedral City, CA9 mi
- Palm Springs, CA11 mi
- Coachella, CA13 mi
- Desert Hot Springs, CA18 mi
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