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Weather in Desert Hot Springs, CA · National Weather Service + NOAA

Desert Hot Springs has hot summers

Desert Hot Springs has warm winters and scorching summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 105°, a January night drops to 42°, and snow is almost unheard of. A typical November afternoon reaches 75°, and nights fall to 47°.

Winter 68°/42°Spring 83°/54°Summer 103°/70°Fall 87°/57°
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Sunrise 9:10 am · sunset 7:49 pm

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What stands out about Desert Hot Springs’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Hot summersJuly afternoons average 105°, hotter than 100% of U.S. towns.Snow is rareAbout 0.8 inches in a normal year, so most winters see none.Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 2.0° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 93% of U.S. towns.A dry climateJust 7 inches of rain and melted snow a year, less than 99% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Desert Hot Springs’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
68° / 42°
Snow is rare
Spring
83° / 54°
Last frost around Feb 28
Summer
103° / 70°
130 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
87° / 57°
First frost around Dec 1
25 daysuntil the usual first frost (Dec 1)
Best months to be outside
JanFebMarAprNovDec
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Desert Hot Springs get?Almost none.When is it wettest?January, with 1.8 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+2.0° vs. the 20th century.

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Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Desert Hot Springs.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Desert Hot Springs itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Joshua Tree, CA (20 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.