High Wind in Morongo Basin, California

High Wind April 21, 2026 · Morongo Basin, California

64 mph

Measured gust (56 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

High winds were recorded for just under an hour at a CWOP site in Joshua Tree.

The wider storm

A strengthening trough approached the California coast, bringing strong southerly winds ahead of it. High winds were recorded in Owens Valley and the Morongo Basin.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1335544. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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