All-time weather records — La Quinta, CA

Record high
123.1°F
June 26, 1970
Record low
0.0°F
May 17, 1990
Wettest day
6.45 in
September 24, 1939

Climate change signal in La Quinta

6.8%

of La Quinta's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
·
·
1900s
38
27
1910s
28
45
1920s
21
45
1930s
38
46
1940s
34
49
1950s
64
51
1960s
35
48
1970s
21
34
1980s
25
9
1990s
13
10
2000s
19
1
2010s
9
1
2020s
21
·

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1904, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1894-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 97.0°F — Jan 19, 1971 12.9°F — Jan 22, 1937 2.00 in — Jan 22, 2010
February 100.0°F — Feb 27, 1986 19.9°F — Feb 9, 1933 1.65 in — Feb 14, 1980
March 104.0°F — Mar 10, 1916 25.0°F — Mar 3, 1971 1.40 in — Mar 12, 2020
April 109.9°F — Apr 26, 1904 33.1°F — Apr 4, 1945 0.76 in — Apr 5, 1926
May 120.9°F — May 30, 1910 0.0°F — May 17, 1990 0.49 in — May 28, 1981
June 123.1°F — Jun 26, 1970 45.0°F — Jun 26, 1986 0.19 in — Jun 16, 1918
July 122.0°F — Jul 11, 1934 59.0°F — Jul 25, 1932 1.70 in — Jul 26, 1936
August 120.9°F — Aug 11, 1933 51.1°F — Aug 13, 1927 3.61 in — Aug 24, 1920
September 122.0°F — Sep 2, 1950 46.0°F — Sep 29, 1940 6.45 in — Sep 24, 1939
October 117.0°F — Oct 1, 2024 30.9°F — Oct 30, 1971 1.13 in — Oct 16, 1936
November 100.9°F — Nov 1, 1966 23.0°F — Nov 18, 1958 1.60 in — Nov 8, 1952
December 96.1°F — Dec 4, 1958 17.1°F — Dec 26, 1911 2.36 in — Dec 24, 1940

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in La Quinta.