Palm Springs, CA: 2026

9 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 81.7°F in Palm Springs, CA (2 days missing), the warmest 1 January to 9 October on record, in 93 years since 1923 (1936 excluded: 123 of 283 days missing; 1937 excluded: 71 of 282 days missing; 1938 excluded: 78 of 282 days missing; 8 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 81.7°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 93, provisional

A normal 1 January to 9 October in Palm Springs, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 77.9°F, between 76.4°F and 80°F in eight years of ten and 2.80 in of precipitation, between 1.05 in and 7.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 9 October in Palm Springs, CA since 1923: 81.7°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 76.4 to 80°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 9 October in Palm Springs, CA from 1922 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	81.7	1	94.9	1	68.4	1	1.33	80	2
2025	79.6	10	93.4	13	65.8	9	2.88	48	1
2024	80.2	5	94	8	66.4	8	2.70	52	0
2023	77.2	30	90.2	81	64.1	21	6.53	17	0
2022	81.2	2	94.2	3	68.2	2	0.68	90	0
2021	80.2	5	93.7	10	66.7	6	1.21	81	2
2020	79.9	8	94.2	3	65.7	10	3.62	35	2
2019	77.3	27	90.7	77	63.9	24	7.33	11	0
2018	80.6	3	94.1	5	67.1	3	2.80	49	0
2017	79.8	9	93	22	66.6	7	7.17	13	0
2016	79.1	11	92.4	34	65.7	10	3.36	39	1
2015	80.2	5	93.2	18	67.1	3	1.90	64	0
2014	80.3	4	93.6	11	67	5	1.94	62	0
2013	78.3	17	91.6	55	64.9	16	2.12	59	0
2012	79.1	11	93	22	65.1	14	1.82	68	1
2011	76.4	42	90.4	79	62.4	33	2.47	53	0
2010	76.4	42	90.2	81	62.5	32	5.46	21	4
2009	77.8	23	91.9	47	63.7	25	1.09	82	0
2008	77.6	25	91.1	69	64	23	3.34	41	3
2007	78.3	17	91.9	47	64.7	17	0.19	94	0
2006	78.2	19	91.7	53	64.7	17	1.72	70	1
2005	76.7	38	90	84	63.5	27	7.38	10	0
2004	77.7	24	91.2	68	64.2	20	1.88	66	3
2003	78.2	19	91.1	69	65.2	13	3.35	40	1
2002	77.3	27	91.4	59	63.2	29	0.20	93	0
2001	77.5	26	90.9	72	64.1	21	3.28	43	0
2000	77.9	22	91.3	62	64.4	19	1.85	67	5
1999	75.6	55	89.4	91	61.8	37	1.58	71	9
1998	75.1	65	88.2	98	61.6	38	4.54	26	14
1997			93	22	65.1	14	3.50	37	33
1996	79.1	11	93.4	13	65.4	12	0.91	86	25
1995	77.3	27	91.3	62	63.2	29	7.09	14	11
1994	78.4	15	93.2	18	63.4	28	1.40	74	23
1993	77.1	32	91.9	47	62	35	10.94	4	12
1992									40
1991	76.8	36	92.1	41	61.1	42	7.00	15	20
1990	76.9	35	92	46	62	35	1.93	63	11
1989	78.4	15	94.4	2	62.3	34	1.39	75	13
1988	77	33	93.1	21	61.1	42	3.19	45	16
1987			93.9	9	61.4	40	2.13	58	32
1986	78	21	93.4	13	62.9	31	4.35	27	20
1985	75.9	47	92.2	37	60.2	49	0.86	89	15
1984									40
1983	75.1	65	89.4	91	61	45	11.79	1	17
1982	75.2	64	89.5	90	60.7	47	4.75	24	7
1981	78.9	14	94.1	5	63.6	26	2.80	49	3
1980	76.6	40	92.1	41	61.1	42	11.16	3	4
1979	75.3	61	91.3	62	59.2	59	9.05	5	2
1978	75.6	55	92.2	37	59	62	7.78	9	1
1977	75.8	49	92.1	41	59.4	57	4.09	29	1
1976	75.3	61	91.3	62	59.4	57	8.28	7	5
1975	75.7	51	90.9	72	60.3	48	1.35	79	3
1974	76.7	38	91.9	47	61.5	39	3.85	33	2
1973	74.7	73	90.9	72	58.5	67	2.26	55	4
1972	77.2	30	94.1	5	60.2	49	0.12	96	1
1971	75.7	51	92.1	41	59.2	59	0.16	95	2
1970	76.4	42	92.7	30	59.7	52	2.43	54	12
1969	75.8	49	91.9	47	59.7	52	6.97	16	0
1968	75.5	59	92.8	27	58.2	71	1.78	69	0
1967	74.8	70	91.3	62	58.4	69	2.95	47	2
1966	76	45	93.3	17	58.6	65	1.49	72	1
1965	73.2	87	90	84	56.4	84	1.89	65	17
1964									64
1963	76.5	41	93	22	59	62	3.93	32	22
1962	74.8	70	92.2	37	57.4	77	1.37	76	3
1961	76	45	92.6	33	59.5	56	1.00	83	9
1960	75.7	51	92.3	36	59.1	61	2.05	60	1
1959	75.9	47	93.4	13	58.4	69	2.18	56	1
1958	74.4	76	92.2	37	57	80	6.15	18	15
1957	74.9	68	92.8	27	57.1	79	3.98	30	4
1956	73.5	82	91.6	55	55.7	91	0.99	84	11
1955	72.3	93	89.7	89	54.7	94	3.96	31	6
1954	74.5	75	92.1	41	56.9	82	7.31	12	4
1953			91.7	53			0.87	88	34
1952	73.2	87	90.3	80	56.2	87			5
1951	74.9	68	90.9	72	58.8	64	1.47	73	0
1950	75.3	61	90.8	76	59.7	52	1.36	77	5
1949	73.3	86	88.6	97	58.1	73	2.15	57	14
1948	74.8	70	92.7	30	57	80	4.59	25	1
1947	74.3	77	92.7	30	56.1	90	0.94	85	12
1946	73.5	82	91.5	57	55.7	91	0.61	91	7
1945	74.6	74	91.8	52	56.4	84	5.15	23	28
1944			89.4	91			3.39	38	42
1943	74.2	78	92.8	27	56.2	87	11.54	2	22
1942	72.6	91	91.3	62	53.8	95	4.27	28	3
1941	72.4	92	89.4	91	55.1	93	5.40	22	17
1940	75.6	55	93.5	12	57.5	76	3.59	36	17
1939									68
1938			91.4	59			3.31	42	78
1937									71
1936									123
1935	73.4	85	89.9	86	56.9	82	5.58	20	8
1934	77	33	93.2	18	60.9	46	2.72	51	17
1933	73.2	87	90.2	81	56.2	87	1.95	61	0
1932	73.5	82	90.6	78	56.3	86	8.27	8	2
1931	76.8	36	92.4	34	61.2	41	5.91	19	10
1930	73.9	80	89.9	86	57.9	75	8.35	6	1
1929	74.2	78	89.9	86	58.5	67	3.21	44	0
1928	75.6	55	92.9	26	58.2	71	0.91	86	0
1927	73	90	88.9	96	57.2	78	0.31	92	0
1926	75.7	51	91.5	57	59.8	51	3.70	34	1
1925	75.4	60	91.1	69	59.7	52	3.07	46	1
1924	75	67	91.4	59	58.6	65			22
1923	73.7	81	89.3	95	58	74	1.36	77	0
1922									60

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	81.7
2022	81.2
2018	80.6
2014	80.3
2024	80.2
2021	80.2
2015	80.2
2020	79.9
2017	79.8
2025	79.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1955	72.3
1941	72.4
1942	72.6
1927	73
1965	73.2
1952	73.2
1933	73.2
1949	73.3
1935	73.4
1956	73.5
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	11.79
1943	11.54
1980	11.16
1993	10.94
1979	9.05
1930	8.35
1976	8.28
1932	8.27
1978	7.78
2005	7.38

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1972	0.12
1971	0.16
2007	0.19
2002	0.20
1927	0.31
1946	0.61
2022	0.68
1985	0.86
1953	0.87
1996	0.91
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 118°F; 26 August 2026
Coldest night: 39°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.65 in; 1 January 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	62.1°F 5th warmest of 99	0.67 in 38th wettest of 102
February	66.8°F 4th warmest of 89	0.56 in 49th wettest of 98
March	79.2°F Warmest of 99	0.00 in Driest of 103
April	73.8°F 25th warmest of 98	a trace 34th driest of 103
May	79.3°F 34th warmest of 102	0.00 in Driest of 105
June	89°F 21st warmest of 98	0.00 in Driest of 101
July	96°F 8th warmest of 91
August	97.7°F Warmest of 98	0.00 in Driest of 102
September	87.5°F 23rd warmest of 96	0.10 in 36th wettest of 102
October so far	90.4°F 2nd warmest of 90	0.00 in Driest of 100

Hot days and freezes

Palm Springs, CA has had 184 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 9 October (2 days missing), the most by that date since 1989 (1992 excluded: 40 of 283 days missing), 3rd most of 98.
Palm Springs, CA has had 124 days at 100°F or above in 2026 through 9 October (2 days missing), the most by that date since 2024, 15th most of 98.

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
29 March	Warmest day	100°F	98°F 2015, 1971, 1969, 1968, 1966	Provisional
26 March	Warmest day	101°F	100°F 1988	Provisional
22 March	Warmest day	101°F	96°F 2004, 1931	Provisional
21 March	Warmest day	105°F	102°F 2004	Provisional
20 March	Warmest day	108°F	98°F 2004	Provisional
19 March	Warmest day	107°F	97°F 1997	Provisional
18 March	Warmest day	106°F	95°F 1990, 1939	Provisional
17 March	Warmest day	103°F	100°F 2007	Provisional
1 March	Warmest day	95°F	93°F 2022	Provisional
28 February	Warmest day	96°F	94°F 1986	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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The hottest day of 2026 so far in Palm Springs, CA: 118°F on Wednesday 26 August 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Palm Springs, CA: a low of 39°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Palm Springs, CA: 0.65 in on Thursday 1 January 2026.