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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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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 will reach close to 118 degrees, but in order to tie or beat those records, we’ll need to reach 120 or hotter: The best chance to meet or
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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
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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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High temperatures are trending downward after hitting 115 on Sunday. Yesterday, we topped out at 113, and today will be slightly cooler as high pressure retreats to the East. Despite the lower numbers expected today through midweek, an Excessive Heat Watch (likely to become an Excessive Heat Warning) has been issued for the weekend, with
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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 the week, although cooler than what was felt on Sunday. A trough of low pressure will sink south from the north and bring some relief along with gusty wind, at
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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 keeping dew points in check and humidity fairly low. We do see some weakening of the surface high midweek, so temperatures drop below 110 degrees briefly before returning to
Continue Reading 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 continues tomorrow to round out this holiday weekend with warmer than normal temperatures. If you’re heading out golfing tomorrow, the morning is the best time. Temperatures stay in
Continue Reading Palm Springs reached 112° on 4th of July. The average is 107°. Today, much of the same is expected. Much of the same expected through Monday as well. The reason for the hot and dry conditions is high pressure to the south. This has been expanding east into Southern California. We will continue to feel
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