Needles, CA Weather

San Bernardino County10:14 AM PDT34.85°N, 114.61°WElevation 495 ft

Current conditions

Sunny
74°
Sunny
Feels like 74°
High 81°·Low 55°
WindS 9 mph gusts 18 mph
Humidity66%
Dew point62°
Cloud cover17%
UV index4 Moderate
Sunrise6:51 AM
Sunset5:56 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Thursday

    Scattered rain showers before 7am, then isolated showers and thunderstorms between noon and 1pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 2pm, then isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny. High near 81, with temperatures falling to around 77 in the afternoon. South wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

  • Thursday Night

    Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 55. West southwest wind 2 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 76. North northwest wind around 3 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 day ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 74°
  2. 11 AM Sunny 77°
  3. 12 PM Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms 79°15%
  4. 1 PM Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms 79°28%
  5. 2 PM Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms 80°12%
  6. 3 PM Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms 80°12%
  7. 4 PM Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms 79°18%
  8. 5 PM Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms 77°20%
  9. 6 PM Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms 73°20%
  10. 7 PM Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms 70°20%
  11. 8 PM Isolated Rain Showers 67°20%
  12. 9 PM Isolated Rain Showers 65°20%
  13. 10 PM Isolated Rain Showers 64°20%
  14. 11 PM Mostly Clear 63°
  15. Fri12 AM Mostly Clear 62°
  16. 1 AM Mostly Clear 60°
  17. 2 AM Mostly Clear 59°
  18. 3 AM Mostly Clear 58°
  19. 4 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  20. 5 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  21. 6 AM Sunny 56°
  22. 7 AM Sunny 57°
  23. 8 AM Sunny 58°
  24. 9 AM Sunny 61°

Daily forecast

Details
  1. WedOct 21 Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms18%65°88°
  2. TodayOct 22 Scattered Rain Showers then Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms Scattered Rain Showers then Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms30%55°81°
  3. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny56°76°
  4. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny56°78°
  5. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny56°80°
  6. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny57°82°
  7. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny57°82°
  8. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy63°85°
  9. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny64°84°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Sun & moon

Sunrise 6:51 AM
Sunset 5:56 PM
Daylight 11 h 5 min (−2 min 2 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 86% lit
Moonrise 3:53 PM Moonset 3:10 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low87° / 62°
Record high100° (2016)
Record low41° (1919)
Wettest0.50 in (1905)
Month to date0.71 in (normal 0.15 in)

Needles Area, records since 1888. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in VEF, issued 5 hrs ago

Key Messages

* Additional rounds of rain and storms expected across most of the area today.

* Dry conditions and seasonable temperatures expected this weekend and early next week.

Discussion

through Wednesday.

Latest satellite and radar imagery shows two distinct precipitation regimes within the forecast area. The most robust convection exists in Lincoln County where meso-analysis shows MUCAPE ~1000 J/kg and effective shear of 40-50 knots. This environment will keep a marginal threat of severe weather (mainly hail) and flash flooding present through most of the morning hours. The second regime is more associated with vorticity advection and cold air aloft with the low. This activity is much weaker, but persistent moderate rain with a few storms mixed in may cause minor flooding in the most susceptible areas of Death Valley this morning. As the low pushes inland today, showers and storms will spread east. The greatest coverage is expected along and north of I-15 and AZ Strip (PoPs 50-90%), with more isolated activity between I-15 and I-40 (PoPs 20-50%). The lower instability today should limit the severe potential, but cold air aloft and sufficient vertical shear will keep a marginal risk of severe hail in our northeastern areas. By midnight, precipitation is forecast to be largely out of our CWA, allowing dry conditions to prevail overnight. Isolated shower chances (10-25%) return Friday afternoon as the trough lingers overhead, but most locations remain dry.

Ensemble guidance has the trough pinching off into a closed low over the weekend, which means it will be slow to exit the region. On Saturday, models are in good agreement that the low will be centered over northwestern or north-central AZ. This keeps low shower chances (10-25%) over eastern Mohave County, while dry conditions and gusty north winds occur to the west. Dry and calm weather finally returns to the entire forecast area on Sunday and sticks around through Wednesday. During this time, temperatures are forecast to be near or slightly below normal for late October.

Aviation

For Harry Reid...For the 00Z Forecast Package... South-southwest winds with gusts around 18 kts last until 04z then winds reduce and gusts cut off. Temperatures look to stay above 100 degrees until 06z. Winds become lighter into mid Wednesday morning and turn more southeasterly. These winds will increase on the late morning then turn southwesterly again Wednesday afternoon with gusts around 18 kts and ease again that evening. Mostly clear skies are expected through the TAF period.

For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...For the 00Z Forecast Package...Breezy continue to affect most of the region with gusts peaking around 20 kts that will last into the mid evening to early night before reducing. The exception will be KDAG which will is beginning to see gusts arrive, peaking closer to 25 kts, and not reducing until the late night/early Wednesday. Winds don't look to increase again until the late morning and early afternoon on Wednesday. Mostly clear skies are expected through the TAF period.

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