Annual mean 21°C · wettest around January · prevailing wind SW
Warmest
36.9 °C
Coldest
16.8 °C
Wettest
24%
Windiest
4.0 m/s
Prevailing
SW
3.2 m/s average
When this place is good five ratings · thirty-six ten-day sections · click a cell to read it
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The average temperature in Palm Desert over the whole year is 21°C. July is the hottest month, with highs of about 37°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about 7°C. Palm Desert has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 8% in June, the driest month, to 22% in January, the wettest. Winds in Palm Desert are highest in May, averaging 3.6 m/s (13 km/h), and lightest in December, at 1.9 m/s (7 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the SW. The clearest skies in Palm Desert come in July, when the sky is typically 8% covered; March is the cloudiest month, at 19%.
Month by month Palm Desert climate by month: average temperatures year round · click a month to read it
Month
High
Low
Feels like
Chance of rain
Cloud
Wind
Being outside
Sun
Walking
January
18°C
7°C
14°C
22%
17%
2.1 m/s
53
2
83
February
19°C
8°C
15°C
20%
17%
2.6 m/s
59
7
75
March
21°C
10°C
17°C
22%
19%
3.0 m/s
64
15
70
April
26°C
14°C
22°C
16%
12%
3.3 m/s
62
39
48
May
28°C
17°C
25°C
14%
14%
3.6 m/s
50
48
37
June
34°C
22°C
31°C
8%
10%
3.2 m/s
27
38
16
July
37°C
25°C
35°C
12%
8%
2.9 m/s
15
25
7
August
36°C
24°C
35°C
13%
8%
2.7 m/s
14
26
7
September
33°C
21°C
31°C
14%
10%
2.6 m/s
24
42
13
October
29°C
15°C
26°C
16%
9%
2.4 m/s
50
52
30
November
23°C
10°C
19°C
17%
8%
2.1 m/s
74
22
66
December
18°C
7°C
15°C
21%
14%
1.9 m/s
60
3
83
High and low are the warmest and coolest of four readings a day — midnight, 6am, noon and 6pm — so a true overnight low can sit a degree or two under them. Chance of rain, cloud and wind are the day’s average; feels-like and the three ratings (each out of 100: Good from 55, Ideal from 80) are read at midday.
Seasons, and the year in short Palm Desert weather by season
Year round, Palm Desert has days of about 18°C at their warmest in January, its coolest month, and 37°C in July, its warmest; the coolest hours of the day run from 7°C to 25°C through the year, and the average temperature over the year is 21°C around the clock. Rain is most likely around January and least likely around June. Every figure here is a decade of observations blended into one representative year, so it reads as what this date is usually like, not a forecast for one particular day.
Palm Desert weather in winterDecember to February
High 18°CLow 7°CRain 21%
Winter in Palm Desert has typical daily highs of about 18°C and lows of about 7°C, with a 21% chance of rain on a given day.
Palm Desert weather in springMarch to May
High 25°CLow 14°CRain 17%
Spring in Palm Desert has typical daily highs of about 25°C and lows of about 14°C, with a 17% chance of rain on a given day.
Palm Desert weather in summerJune to August
High 36°CLow 24°CRain 11%
Summer in Palm Desert has typical daily highs of about 36°C and lows of about 24°C, with a 11% chance of rain on a given day.
Palm Desert weather in autumnSeptember to November
High 29°CLow 15°CRain 16%
Autumn in Palm Desert has typical daily highs of about 29°C and lows of about 15°C, with a 16% chance of rain on a given day.
When is the rainy season in Palm Desert?
Palm Desert has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 8% in June, the driest month, to 22% in January, the wettest.
What time of year is Palm Desert windiest?
Winds in Palm Desert are highest in May, averaging 3.6 m/s (13 km/h), and lightest in December, at 1.9 m/s (7 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the SW.
What is the average temperature in Palm Desert year round?
The average temperature in Palm Desert over the whole year is 21°C. July is the hottest month, with highs of about 37°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about 7°C.