Cathedral City, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PALM SPRINGS RGNL AP, CA US.

BWh Desert (hot) climate 10a USDA hardiness Zone 10a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Cathedral City has an annual average temperature of 75.6°F with about 4.6 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 108.6°F), and the coldest is December (average low 46.2°F). January is typically the wettest month (1.14 in) and June the driest (0.00 in).

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
36.3°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
498
Cooling need
4,314

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

225 of 366 (61.5%) of Cathedral City's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1990s
7
2000s
84
2010s
125
2020s
150

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 70.5°F 47.6°F 59.0°F 1.14 in 3
February 73.7°F 49.7°F 61.7°F 1.11 in 3
March 80.6°F 54.4°F 67.5°F 0.51 in 2
April 86.7°F 59.1°F 72.9°F 0.09 in 1
May 94.7°F 65.9°F 80.3°F 0.02 in 1
June 103.6°F 72.7°F 88.2°F 0.00 in 0
July 108.6°F 79.4°F 94.0°F 0.25 in 1
August 108.1°F 79.8°F 94.0°F 0.14 in 1
September 101.8°F 74.4°F 88.1°F 0.24 in 1
October 91.1°F 64.5°F 77.8°F 0.20 in 1
November 78.7°F 53.4°F 66.0°F 0.23 in 1
December 69.2°F 46.2°F 57.7°F 0.68 in 3

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