Desert Hot Springs, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MORONGO VALLEY N, CA US.

BWh Desert (hot) climate 9b USDA hardiness Zone 9b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Desert Hot Springs has an annual average temperature of 64.6°F with about 9.4 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 94.1°F), and the coldest is December (average low 40.2°F). February is typically the wettest month (2.90 in) and June the driest (0.02 in).

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
32.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
1,995
Cooling need
1,833

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Climate change signal

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205 of 366 (56%) of Desert Hot Springs'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.

2000s
30
2010s
249
2020s
87

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 59.3°F 40.7°F 50.0°F 2.72 in 4
February 60.6°F 41.8°F 51.2°F 2.90 in 4
March 66.1°F 45.1°F 55.6°F 0.90 in 3
April 72.6°F 47.7°F 60.1°F 0.22 in 2
May 79.9°F 54.3°F 67.1°F 0.07 in 1
June 88.8°F 63.3°F 76.1°F 0.02 in 0
July 93.8°F 68.5°F 81.2°F 0.19 in 2
August 94.1°F 70.3°F 82.2°F 0.22 in 1
September 87.9°F 66.1°F 77.0°F 0.17 in 1
October 78.2°F 56.7°F 67.5°F 0.17 in 1
November 67.1°F 47.1°F 57.1°F 0.31 in 2
December 58.8°F 40.2°F 49.5°F 1.48 in 4

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