All-time weather records — Palmdale, CA

Record high
118.0°F
August 5, 1990
Record low
6.1°F
January 13, 1963
Wettest day
3.51 in
August 20, 2023

Climate change signal in Palmdale

15.8%

of Palmdale's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (58 of 366 records since 2015).

0.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (3 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
·
·
1920s
·
·
1930s
20
42
1940s
25
84
1950s
72
58
1960s
23
29
1970s
26
92
1980s
24
33
1990s
56
17
2000s
42
7
2010s
35
3
2020s
43
1

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 1931, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1903-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 8, 1948 6.1°F — Jan 13, 1963 2.44 in — Jan 18, 1952
February 84.9°F — Feb 13, 2014 15.1°F — Feb 4, 1979 2.43 in — Feb 22, 1944
March 91.0°F — Mar 20, 1997 14.0°F — Mar 2, 1971 2.39 in — Mar 3, 1938
April 98.1°F — Apr 7, 1989 19.9°F — Apr 23, 1971 1.35 in — Apr 1, 2024
May 107.1°F — May 31, 1950 28.0°F — May 1, 1988 1.10 in — May 8, 1977
June 113.0°F — Jun 16, 2021 30.0°F — Jun 6, 1995 0.60 in — Jun 6, 1987
July 115.0°F — Jul 6, 2024 43.0°F — Jul 5, 1948 0.68 in — Jul 16, 2010
August 118.0°F — Aug 5, 1990 37.9°F — Aug 19, 1931 3.51 in — Aug 20, 2023
September 111.9°F — Sep 2, 2022 34.0°F — Sep 20, 1978 1.63 in — Sep 10, 1976
October 105.1°F — Oct 2, 2024 23.0°F — Oct 30, 1971 1.78 in — Oct 27, 2004
November 93.0°F — Nov 1, 1970 14.0°F — Nov 19, 1964 1.89 in — Nov 22, 1965
December 84.0°F — Dec 4, 1958 9.0°F — Dec 15, 1971 3.43 in — Dec 11, 1943

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