Desert Hot Springs climate — normals and trends
Desert Hot Springs (United States) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 162 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 (27.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Desert Hot Springs averages 14 frost days, 108 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 27 rainy days per year.
Desert Hot Springs has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 25 to 3 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.6 °C (on 8 July 2024) and the coldest -10.7 °C (on 29 January 1979).
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
Desert Hot SpringsCalifornia
- coords
- 33.96°, -116.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.2°C
Average daily high
23.5°C
Average daily low
11.1°C
Annual rainfall
162mm
Sunshine / day
11.4h
Mean relative humidity
38%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
19.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
14 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
108 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
27 d/yr
Annual snowfall
9.9 cm
Average feels-like high
21.3 °C
Average feels-like low
8.1 °C
Average peak gust
33.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
55 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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
42.6 °C
8 July 2024
Coldest day
-10.7 °C
29 January 1979
Wettest day
67 mm
10 September 1976
Windiest day
33.5 km/h
13 December 1984
Strongest gust
94.3 km/h
30 November 1982
Hottest feels-like
42.6 °C
10 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-15.2 °C
31 January 1957
Snowiest day
24.0 cm
17 December 2008
Sunniest day
14.0 h
23 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 5 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 19.4 °C | +4.2 °C | 29 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 18.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 29 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 23.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 4 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 27.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 13 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 33.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 5 mm | +4 mm |
| Jul | 35.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 35.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 9 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 29.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 17 mm | +12 mm |
| Oct | 25.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 7 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 20.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 57 mm | +43 mm |
| Dec | 19.1 °C | +5.0 °C | 33 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Desert Hot Springs?
Desert Hot Springs has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 162 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Desert Hot Springs?
The hottest day measured in Desert Hot Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 2024, reaching 42.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Desert Hot Springs?
The coldest day measured in Desert Hot Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1979, at -10.7 °C.
Does it snow in Desert Hot Springs?
Yes. Desert Hot Springs gets on average 9.9 cm of snow per year and has around 14 frost days.
Has the climate of Desert Hot Springs warmed?
Yes: Desert Hot Springs warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Desert Hot Springs?
The wettest day measured in Desert Hot Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 1976, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Desert Hot Springs?
The windiest day measured in Desert Hot Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1984, with winds reaching 33.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Desert Hot Springs?
The warmest month in Desert Hot Springs is July (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Desert Hot Springs?
Desert Hot Springs receives on average 162 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 27 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Desert Hot Springs?
Desert Hot Springs 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 Desert Hot Springs?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Desert Hot Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2008, with 24.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Desert Hot Springs?
Yes: Desert Hot Springs has on average 55 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Desert Hot Springs?
In Desert Hot Springs, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.6 °C on 10 July 2021, and the lowest was -15.2 °C on 31 January 1957.
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