Cathedral City climate — normals and trends
Cathedral City (United States) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 207 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (28.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Cathedral City averages 10 frost days, 118 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 31 rainy days per year.
Cathedral City has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 19 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.6 °C (on 8 July 2024) and the coldest -10.6 °C (on 5 February 1985).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Cathedral CityCalifornia
- coords
- 33.78°, -116.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.7°C
Average daily high
24.4°C
Average daily low
11.4°C
Annual rainfall
207mm
Sunshine / day
11.4h
Mean relative humidity
41%
Average peak wind
10.5km/h
Seasonal range
19.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
10 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
118 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
31 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.5 cm
Average feels-like high
22.7 °C
Average feels-like low
8.9 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
56 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
43.6 °C
8 July 2024
Coldest day
-10.6 °C
5 February 1985
Wettest day
57 mm
14 February 2019
Windiest day
29.1 km/h
9 April 1974
Strongest gust
108.7 km/h
30 November 1982
Hottest feels-like
43.8 °C
10 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-15.2 °C
31 January 1957
Snowiest day
23.9 cm
17 December 2008
Sunniest day
13.9 h
10 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 6 mm | -32 mm |
| Feb | 20.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 28 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 19.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 43 mm | +16 mm |
| Apr | 23.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 4 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 28.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 4 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 34.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 7 mm | +6 mm |
| Jul | 36.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 3 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 36.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 36 mm | +23 mm |
| Sep | 30.2 °C | -1.2 °C | 32 mm | +23 mm |
| Oct | 26.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 8 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 21.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 62 mm | +45 mm |
| Dec | 20.1 °C | +4.9 °C | 41 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cathedral City?
Cathedral City has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 207 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cathedral City?
The hottest day measured in Cathedral City between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 2024, reaching 43.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cathedral City?
The coldest day measured in Cathedral City between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1985, at -10.6 °C.
Does it snow in Cathedral City?
Yes. Cathedral City gets on average 7.5 cm of snow per year and has around 10 frost days.
Has the climate of Cathedral City warmed?
Yes: Cathedral City warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cathedral City?
The wettest day measured in Cathedral City between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2019, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cathedral City?
The windiest day measured in Cathedral City between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1974, with winds reaching 29.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cathedral City?
The warmest month in Cathedral City is July (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Cathedral City?
Cathedral City receives on average 207 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 31 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cathedral City?
Cathedral City gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cathedral City?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cathedral City between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2008, with 23.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cathedral City?
Yes: Cathedral City has on average 56 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cathedral City?
In Cathedral City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 10 July 2021, and the lowest was -15.2 °C on 31 January 1957.
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