This morning we are tracking some very chilly temperatures and some lingering breezes. Thankfully, winds are continuing to decrease through the early morning hours. Overall, we are tracking very mild conditions today for the Coachella Valley. More low pressure systems will move into California in the coming days but will stay too far north to
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The Atlantic hurricane season formally came to an end on November 30th. Going into the season, the National Hurricane Center was forecasting an above-average season with somewhere between 17 and 25 named storms. They also predicted between 8 and 13 hurricanes and between 4 and 7 major hurricanes. This year saw a total of 18
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Today is the day hundreds of athletes have been waiting for… the Ironman 70.3 race takes place this morning. It’s a chilly start to the morning with temperatures in the 50s for the start of the race. But temperatures will rise into the 70s around 10 AM. We are tracking developing Santa Ana winds in
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November 2024 was a very comfortable and mild month for the Coachella Valley. After several months of predominantly above-average temperatures, we certainly deserved a month like this. More than half the month gave us cooler-than-usual weather. Two days matched the seasonal average. While there were 11 days with warmer-than-usual temperatures, most of those days were
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Today is December 1st which means we are officially in meteorological winter! We use meteorological winter to help better collect and analyze weather and climatological data. The average temperature in Palm Springs for December and February 1st is 72°F. The average temperature on New Year’s Day is 69°F. There is an area of low pressure
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It is a much cooler start to the day compared to yesterday with temperatures in the valley reaching the lower 50s and upper 40s. We will continue to warm up into the mid-to-low 70s for this afternoon. Enjoy the comfortable weather this Black Friday. Today we are tracking some extra clouds overhead compared to yesterday.
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It’s shaping up to be an absolutely lovely Thanksgiving for the Coachella Valley! It’s already a relatively warm start to the morning with temperatures across the valley predominantly in the mid-to-low low 60s. Today will see a high temperature at least in the upper 70s with some areas potentially reaching the lower 80s. Taking a
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Taking a look at the weather pattern, we can see there isn’t much going on, especially for the valley floor and Southern California! There aren’t many big changes expected for the coming days, so enjoy the fantastic weather this Thanksgiving holiday! Today will be quite mild yet again in the Coachella Valley. High temperatures will
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It’s going to be another great day on the valley floor, but we’re tracking some breezes later on in the day. As another system moves through the West Coast, we are tracking an uptick in breezes this evening for the Coachella Valley. Gusts on the valley floor are unlikely to exceed 25-30 MPH, with the
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October 2024 was the warmest October since at least the start of the 21st century. This was largely due to the exceptionally warm start to the month. Oct. 1st had a high of 117. This smashed the all-time high-temperature record for not just the day, but also the month. In total, there were 6 days
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It’s been a bit dry here on the valley floor for quite some time now. We are tracking increasingly dry conditions developing in parts of the desert Southwest and creeping into extreme southeastern California. Here in the Coachella Valley, we are still tracking some abnormally dry conditions but will keep an active eye on this.
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Earlier today, a groundbreaking study was released that officially linked climate change to increased intensity of hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin (Nothern Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico). The authors found that all 11 hurricanes this year had intensified by somewhere between 9 and 28 miles per hour. In most cases, this was enough to
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A large and unusually strong storm is impacting much of the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. The system is being called a “bomb cyclone”. A bomb cyclone is a classification a storm system earns if its pressure drops rapidly. If a (midlatitude) cyclone’s pressure falls at least 24 millibars in 24 hours, it can be
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It’s another cool day here in the Coachella Valley with temperatures staying cool than average. Dew points are hovering around the low 20s. However, we will still see a few clouds throughout the day. Temperatures today will be very comfortable yet again with a high near 74°F. Temperatures are below the seasonal average again today
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On November 14th, the Climate Prediction Center released its latest update on what’s happening with La Nina. As a recap, La Nina is one of three phases in the climate cycle known as ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation). The other two are El Nino and the Neutral phase. La Nina represents cooler-than-usual ocean temperatures in
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Across the nation, winters are getting consistently warmer. Since 1970, winters have warmed by an average of 4° Fahrenheit across more than 230 cities. The most significant warming is being fest east of the Rocky Mountains, with the upper midwest and northeast seeing an average warming of 5.5°F and 5°F respectively. Closer to home, Riverside
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As a trough of low pressure moves through Southern California, we are continuing to track lingering Santa Ana winds across the region. This is leading to a continuation of exceptionally dry conditions. Winds will not be much of an issue for the valley floor tonight, but they will be a bit elevated in the pass.
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Today we are tracking some exceptionally dangerous fire weather conditions across Southern California as a result of this Santa Ana wind event. The Storm Prediction Center has issued an “Extreme” outlook for portions of Ventura and Los Angeles Counties. It is not very common for an extreme outlook to be issued. Of course, the Mountain
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We are tracking another round of Santa Ana winds this week in the Coachella Valley. The winds will gradually pick up in the overnight hours and become breezy to gusty for the morning. Winds will likely peak in the later morning hours on Wednesday. The winds will be mainly out of the north/northeast, so areas
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It has been a bit of a breezy to gusty 24 hours here in the Coachella Valley. Winds will slowly continue to weaken throughout the evening. As a result of the lingering winds, we are under an Air Quality Alert through 6 PM this evening. As a result of the winds and general weather pattern,
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