Boron weather
Right now in Boron it is 49°F and clear, with wind W at 1 mph. The live pass verdict for the corridor Boron serves is below.
Tehachapi Pass is open. It is 50 degrees at Tehachapi Pass. 1 lane closure is active on the corridor, listed below.
Last updated at: 12:36 AM Pacific · Caltrans
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Clear, with a low around 42. West northwest wind around 2 mph.
Sunny. High near 74, with temperatures falling to around 68 in the afternoon. North wind 3 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Mostly clear, with a low around 44. East northeast wind 2 to 7 mph.
Sunny, with a high near 76. Northeast wind around 6 mph.
Clear, with a low around 42. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Sunny, with a high near 77.
Mostly clear, with a low around 45.
Sunny, with a high near 76.
Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Sunny, with a high near 76.
Forecast: National Weather Service (HNX office). Times Pacific.
Boron is the desert run's one town: a borax mining community on SR-58 between Mojave and Barstow, named for the element in the ground under it, home to one of the largest open pit borate mines on earth and the Twenty Mule Team story that made borax famous. Its weather is pure Mojave: wind, sun, and long temperature swings, with winter nights that freeze hard at 2,500 feet.
For drivers, Boron is the desert segment's reality check and its only fuel between Mojave and Barstow. The Kramer Junction cameras just east of town are the corridor's last frames before Barstow, and a wind event showing at Boron is a wind event for the whole eastern half of the corridor.
Driving note
Boron sits about 35 miles west of Barstow and 35 east of Mojave on SR-58. Do not pass its fuel stop low on the desert run.