Seasonal temperatures return to the valley
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…
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Triple digits remain with temperatures closer to seasonal
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…
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Final day of excessive heat
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…
Continue Reading Excessive heat continues Monday before seasonal temperatures return
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°…
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Palm Springs broke the high temperature record today, previously set in 1985. The new record is 121°. The reason for this excessive, dangerous heat…
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Dangerous heat will continue Sunday and Monday for the desert
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…
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Dangerous heat is expected throughout the weekend
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…
Continue Reading Nearing record heat
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…
Continue Reading Dangerous heat for weekend
With a ridge of high pressure building over Southern California, temperatures will soar into the one-teens this weekend. An Excessive Heat Warning…
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On Record Watch this Weekend
A large ridge of high pressure will bring some of the hottest days we’ve seen all year right here to the Coachella Valley. Highs over the weekend…
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Excessive Heat Warning Kicks in this Weekend
High pressure builds in over the entire Desert Southwest for the weekend, prompting an Excessive Heat Warning for the region through Monday. There…
Continue Reading Looking ahead to a weekend of heat
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…
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Warming Trend Kicks in Tomorrow
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…
Continue Reading Seasonal today; Excessive heat by weekend
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…
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Neat Seasonal Temps Today
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…
Continue Reading Quick break from excessive heat
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…
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A Brief Reprieve from the Heat
High temperatures are trending downward after hitting 115 on Sunday. Yesterday, we topped out at 113, and today will be slightly cooler as high…
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Plenty of heat for the week ahead
It was a HOT holiday weekend with temperatures climbing into the one-teens. Average for the date is 107°. We’ll be keeping the heat around through…
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The Heatwave Continues this Week
High pressure remains large and in charge this week, so the heat will stay with us. Underneath that ridge of high pressure, dry air filters in…
Continue Reading Above average trend continues
Today was a hot one in the desert. Palm Springs reached a high of 115°, that’s 3° warmer than yesterday and 8° above seasonal average. That trend…
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