All-time weather records — Palm Springs, CA

Record high
123.1°F
July 10, 1979
Record low
3.0°F
May 13, 1987
Wettest day
4.57 in
January 23, 1943

Climate change signal in Palm Springs

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of Palm Springs's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

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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 #
1900s
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1910s
·
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1920s
21
29
1930s
34
80
1940s
45
85
1950s
63
77
1960s
53
38
1970s
36
27
1980s
55
11
1990s
29
12
2000s
25
7
2010s
5
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2020s
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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 1922, the latest in 2013. Period of observation: 1906-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 95.0°F — Jan 18, 1971 19.0°F — Jan 22, 1937 4.57 in — Jan 23, 1943
February 99.0°F — Feb 26, 1986 24.1°F — Feb 15, 1942 3.02 in — Feb 14, 2019
March 104.0°F — Mar 31, 1966 28.0°F — Mar 18, 1985 1.93 in — Mar 1, 1991
April 111.9°F — Apr 7, 1989 21.0°F — Apr 22, 1993 1.97 in — Apr 4, 1926
May 116.1°F — May 23, 2001 3.0°F — May 13, 1987 1.11 in — May 7, 1976
June 122.0°F — Jun 29, 2013 44.1°F — Jun 10, 1976 0.80 in — Jun 30, 1980
July 123.1°F — Jul 10, 1979 17.1°F — Jul 11, 2004 2.80 in — Jul 23, 1948
August 123.1°F — Aug 1, 1993 50.0°F — Aug 16, 2007 2.64 in — Aug 20, 2023
September 120.9°F — Sep 1, 1950 46.0°F — Sep 30, 1930 2.76 in — Sep 10, 1976
October 116.1°F — Oct 2, 1980 30.0°F — Oct 24, 1951 2.75 in — Oct 5, 1925
November 102.0°F — Nov 1, 1962 23.0°F — Nov 17, 1964 2.75 in — Nov 23, 1965
December 93.0°F — Dec 3, 1958 23.0°F — Dec 25, 1953 4.00 in — Dec 21, 2010

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Palm Springs.