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High pressure is once again going to dominate the surface map in the Desert Southwest, raising temps (but not the record levels we saw last weekend). We’ve been keeping an eye on Monsoonal flow from the SE, but it appears to have dried out nicely for the weekend, and the ridge of high pressure should
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The average high temperature in Palm Springs is 108° for this time in July. We have had a few days near seasonal average but we are tracking warmer temperatures on the way. A trough of low pressure has been hanging around keeping temperatures near seasonal with some breezy winds. Winds will be breezy again tonight,
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After a hot start to the week, and record breaking heat last Sunday, we’re milder today, with highs topping out near our seasonally normal 108. A weak low pressure system off the coast enhanced the Marine Layer, and will help keep us modestly cooler today. With a slight Northwesterly breeze, the air quality has improved,
Continue Reading Today, Palm Springs reached a high temperature of 109°. The average today is 108°. Temperatures will stay near seasonal through Thursday with a weak trough of low pressure remaining along the west coast. The trough of low pressure is also increasing onshore flow. This will bring some breezy winds to the mountains and desert for
Continue Reading Palm Springs Tuesday reached a high temperature of 110°. This is above average slightly but still closer to normal than we were over the weekend. The average this time of the year is 108°. Temperatures will remain closer to seasonal through Thursday because of a weak trough of low pressure on the west coast. This
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The ridge of high pressure that brought excessive heat has moved east and our temperatures have dropped with the change in the weather pattern. The average high for the date is 108° and Palm Springs hit 110° this afternoon. That’s 7° cooler than yesterday. Like yesterday, this evening will be breezy with gusty conditions along
Continue Reading We have recorded 14 days in a row of triple digit temperatures, since June 30th. Palm Springs Monday reached 117°. That was the last day of excessive heat for this week. Today, the ridge of high pressure keeping temperatures well above average is shifting east. By Wednesday, we are watching a weak trough of low
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Today is the final day of dangerous heat here in the Coachella Valley. The Excessive Heat Warning will be allowed to expire at 8:00 p.m. tonight. The ridge of high pressure that has been packing a punch with high heat this weekend, will retreat east and weaken its grasp on Southern California. Temperatures will stay
Continue Reading This past weekend was the hottest of the year, so far. Sunday, in Palm Springs, the record high temperature was broken! Palm Springs reached 121° which breaks the old record of 120° from 1985. The good news, temperatures will be getting back to seasonal this week. This ridge of high pressure that was farther west
Continue Reading Palm Springs broke the high temperature record today, previously set in 1985. The new record is 121°. The reason for this excessive, dangerous heat is a very strong and expansive high pressure system to the east. This upper level system will weaken over the next couple days, but we do still have an Excessive Heat
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On Saturday, Palm Springs reached a high temperature of 119°. This is very hot, considering the record high temperature for July 11 is 121° from 1958. Dangerous heat will continue Sunday. A ridge of high pressure does remain in control, though it will be weakening today. Temperatures are still expected to remain well above average
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Friday, Palm Springs reached a high temperature of 111°. Temperatures will continue to heat up through the weekend. A ridge of high pressure to the east will bring the heat west. The average for Saturday is 107° with 108° by Sunday. Temperatures will warm up to the point of being close to record breaking heat.
Continue Reading Today brought record heat to areas of Southern California and we were close to breaking a record right here in Palm Springs. Today’s high temperature was only 2° off of the record of 121° set back in 1958. Temperatures are only going to get hotter as we head into Sunday. We’re tracking close to record
Continue Reading With a ridge of high pressure building over Southern California, temperatures will soar into the one-teens this weekend. An Excessive Heat Warning goes into effect Saturday morning for all of Eastern Riverside County, including the Coachella Valley. Sunday we’ll be on record watch for the 1985 record of 120°. Current forecast calls for 118°. Looking
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High pressure builds in over the entire Desert Southwest for the weekend, prompting an Excessive Heat Warning for the region through Monday. There may be a small bit of monsoonal moisture rising up from the Southeast as Tropical Storm Cristina circulates farther out into the Pacific. The large ridge of high pressure should protect us
Continue Reading Today is as close to “normal” as we’re going to get this week with highs below 110°. Average for the date is 107°. With a ridge of high pressure building over Southern California, temperatures will soar into the one-teens this weekend. An Excessive Heat Warning goes into effect Saturday morning for all of Eastern Riverside
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Highs will start to warm up in earnest tomorrow as high pressure builds into the Western states. We’ll see near record level heat across most of the Desert Southwest including our Valley. The hint of monsoonal activity seems to be moving farther south as the ridge of high pressure will dominate the surface map and
Continue Reading Cooler than yesterday by one degree and the closest to average we’ll be all week. A ridge of high pressure will build over Southern California by the end of the week bringing notably warmer temperatures. The mercury will continue to climb into the weekend where the Coachella Valley will experience the hottest temperatures of the
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Highs today will be about a cool as we’ll see all week long, topping out near 108 as high pressure has retreated to the East a bit. With that, air quality has hovered in the “Moderate” range, and will do so through tomorrow into Friday. That area of high pressure will retrograde back toward Southern
Continue Reading The ridge of high pressure has lightly loosened its grasp on Southern California with a trough of low pressure pushing south from the north. This will bring gusty winds to the Coachella Valley each evening through Wednesday. It’s just a brief break from the high heat for midweek though afternoon highs remain above normal (107°).
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