Palm Springs Temperatures: Averages by Month

The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Palm Springs, California during each month of the year.

The average high and low temperatures are listed below monthly and annually for Palm Springs, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.

To find out how often it rises over 80, 90 or 100 °F each month in Palm Springs, scroll down farther. There are also counts of nights with warm temperatures and days with cold weather.

The first set of high and low temperatures are averages for 2010 to 2019. Everything else here is based on 1991 to 2020 weather.

10-year temperature averages for Palm Springs, 2010 to 2019
High °F Low °F   High °C Low °C
71 48 January 22 9
74 50 February 23 10
82 55 March 28 13
88 60 April 31 16
92 65 May 34 18
105 74 June 41 23
108 80 July 42 27
108 80 August 42 27
102 75 September 39 24
91 65 October 33 18
78 53 November 26 12
69 47 December 21 8
89 63 Year 32 17
30-year temperature averages for Palm Springs, 1991 to 2020
High °F Low °F   High °C Low °C
71 47 January 21 8
73 49 February 23 10
80 54 March 27 12
88 59 April 31 15
94 65 May 35 18
103 72 June 40 22
108 79 July 42 26
108 79 August 42 26
102 73 September 39 23
91 64 October 33 18
78 54 November 26 12
69 45 December 20 7
89 62 Year 32 16

Days of Hot Weather in Palm Springs

Most days from June to September in Palm Springs have temperature highs of at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit, with nights remaining above 70.

Over half of winter days see temperatures into the 70s. Of those, more than a few days have highs of 80 degrees or more.

Days per month in Palm Springs of at least 80, 90 or 100 °F
  80 °F
27 °C
90 °F
32 °C
100 °F
38 °C
January 5 0 0
February 7 0 0
March 18 5 0
April 25 12 2
May 30 25 10
June 30 28 23
July 31 31 30
August 31 31 30
September 30 29 23
October 28 20 6
November 14 2 0
December 2 0 0
Year 249 183 123
Average number of days monthly in Palm Springs that stay above 50, 60 or 70 °F
  50 °F
10 °C
60 °F
16 °C
70 °F
21 °C
January 7 0 0
February 10 0 0
March 20 3 0
April 26 11 1
May 31 24 6
June 30 29 17
July 31 31 29
August 31 31 29
September 30 30 20
October 30 20 4
November 20 2 0
December 4 0 0
Year 269 181 104

How Often Palm Springs Has Cold Temperatures

Even on the coolest of days in Palm Springs, the temperature still reaches a high in the 50s. Days that fail to warm up to 60 degrees typically happen only five times a year.

The nighttime temperature dips to 40 °F (4 °C) or below on an average 16 nights a year in Palm Springs. Nights that cold can occur from November to April.

But frost at Palm Springs is rare. The desert city averages just one night a year when the thermometer drops to freezing.

References

Jay Lawrimore, Ron Ray, Scott Applequist, Bryant Korzeniewski, Matthew Menne. 2016. Global Summary of the Month and Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

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