The Excessive Heat Warning remains in effect until 8PM, and a Red Flag Warning covers much of SoCal as well. Labor Day Weekend has delivered lots of record highs so far, and that will likely continue today: Offshore winds will develop for the Inland Empire and Coastal areas, but we’ll see some relief from the
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Palm Springs broke the high temperature record again today. It’s the second straight day of 120s. Seasonal average is 103°. The dangerous heat continues into Labor Day with temperatures nearing 120° again in the Coachella Valley. It’s best to stay in the air conditioning and stay out of the sun. Make sure to drink plenty
Continue Reading Palm Springs Airport recorded a high temperature yesterday, September 5th, of 122°. This shatters the record high temperature for that day of 116° from 1955. Thermal also reached 122°, shattering the record high temperature of 113° from 2008. A ridge of high pressure along with a weak offshore flow remains for Sunday. This will keep
Continue Reading The record-breaking heat is here! After tying the record high temperature yesterday, Palm Springs shattered it today with a high of 122°. The previous record of 116° was set back in 1955. The average high for Palm Springs on this day would be 104°. The dangerous heat continues throughout the holiday weekend. Temperatures in the
Continue Reading Palm Springs tied the record high temperature of 116° on Friday and we are tracking more record breaking heat on the way through the holiday weekend. A strong ridge of high pressure is building over California and it is bringing record breaking temperatures across the state. This ridge is expected to stick around throughout the
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An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect for Southern California through Monday evening as another heat wave arrives for the holiday weekend. Palm Springs TIED the record for today’s date while Thermal BROKE the previous record from 2019. The combination of high heat, low humidity, and localized gusty winds is also why a Red Flag
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An Excessive Heat Warning, which we’ve discussing all week, comes to fruition today at 10 a.m. and continues until Monday evening at 8. Highs will threaten existing records throughout the weekend. The culprit: High pressure over the Great Basin, generating record heat for much of the Desert Southwest through Tuesday before breaking down and moving
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The big weather story for the week includes a ridge of high pressure that will bring record heat to the Coachella Valley this holiday weekend. The warmer temperatures are already beginning to be felt here in the Coachella Valley. Palm Springs recorded a high of 111° this afternoon — 4° warmer than yesterday. An Excessive
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An extremely hot weekend awaits us, and it may rival the hottest temps we’ve ever seen in September! An Excessive Heat Warning goes into effect tomorrow, lasting through Monday evening at 8. Highs will be close to 118 both Saturday and Sunday. High pressure dominates the scenario through Monday, keeping the heat on. Late Monday
Continue Reading Similar to what was felt across the desert yesterday, temperatures this afternoon are staying close to seasonal highs. Average is 104°. as of 3:30 p.m. A nice and steady cooling will take place through the evening with clear skies lasting long after the sunset at 7:09 p.m. The big weather story for the week includes
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An Excessive Heat Watch (to become a Warning) will cover most of California, a lot of Nevada and Arizona as we hit the Labor Day Weekend. Drink plenty of water, avoid the heat of the day, and never leave a person or pet in a vehicle! A broad and expansive ridge of high pressure takes
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Looking back at August it was a hot one! The hottest August on record for the desert! Today is the start of meteorological fall and temperatures are playing nice. Average high for the date is 104°. Palm Springs has reached 108° this afternoon. While the fall equinox isn't until September 22nd, Sept. 1st marks the
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The dew points and humidity values dropped considerably overnight, making today far more comfortable than yesterday. The next couple of days will remain close to seasonal norms, too. Yesterday the dew points were in the seventies! Today, much better. Through the afternoon, we’ll see dew points in the forties, so it will feel better and
Continue Reading Feeling sticky outside? Dew point temperatures are in the 60s and 70s across the Coachella Valley this afternoon creating the unpleasant environment. We’ll be drier Tuesday with dew points dropping into the 40s. We’ll continue to experience seasonal temperatures through the middle of the week before a big warm-up moves in by the holiday weekend.
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Monsoon moisture streaming up from the Southeast will push into SoCal today, enhancing the chance of pop-up storms later. Dew points will be in the fifties and sixties this afternoon, before a drying trend kicks in later this evening. Expect partly cloudy skies, and a small potential for storms until later this evening. We hold
Continue Reading It’s been a very hot year, with many above average days. Just this past week, we were dealing with record-breaking heat in the Coachella Valley. Today temperatures were much more seasonal. That trend will continue into the start of the week. Monsoonal moisture returns Monday, with afternoon thunderstorms possible in the mountains and high desert.
Continue Reading Palm Springs reached 110° Saturday. This is still cooler relative to the past week. We have now seen 61 days in a row of triple digit temperatures. This year, we have recorded 55 days of temperatures at 110° and above. A weak trough of low pressure along the California coast is keeping temperatures lower this
Continue Reading Temperatures have been hot all this past week and really all this past month! Palm Springs Airport has recorded 25 days above average, 2 days below average, and just 1 day reaching the average for the day. We even recorded 4 days breaking/tying record high temperatures. There will be some significant cooling this weekend compared
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Palm Springs recorded it’s 54th day of 110° or greater this afternoon with a high temperature of 116°. This 54 day count TIES the record from 1957. 2020 has brought us some heat 🔥54 days of heat (so far) where temperatures have reached 110° or greater in Palm Springs. This TIES the record from 1957.
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The Excessive Heat Warning has been extended through this evening at 8 as highs once again head towards 115 degrees. Strong high pressure remains over the Desert Southwest, but will slowly retreat this weekend, resulting in cooler weather by Sunday and next week. Fairly dry air remains in place, but we will see dew points
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