Palm Springs, CA: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 97.7°F in Palm Springs, CA, the warmest August on record, in 98 years since 1922 (1937 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1938 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1939 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 4 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 97.7°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 98, provisional
Precipitation: 0.00 in; Ties the record; Driest of 102, provisional

A normal August in Palm Springs, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 93.1°F, between 90.9°F and 95.6°F in eight years of ten and 0.00 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.52 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Palm Springs, CA since 1922: 97.7°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 90.9 to 95.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August 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	97.7	1	110.1	8	85.3	2	0.00	67	0
2025	94.9	13	109.6	14	80.1	15	0.44	20	0
2024	96	4	110	9	82	6	trace	53	0
2023	94.3	17	107.8	32	80.8	12	3.23	2	0
2022	96.9	3	108.1	23	85.8	1	trace	53	0
2021	94.7	14	107.7	35	81.6	7	0.00	67	0
2020	97.3	2	111.9	2	82.8	4	0.00	67	0
2019	95.2	9	111.1	4	79.3	25	trace	53	0
2018	96	4	109.3	17	82.8	4	trace	53	0
2017	95.2	9	108.9	19	81.5	9	0.71	11	0
2016	94	21	107.8	32	80.3	14	0.00	67	0
2015	95.6	7	109.7	11	81.5	9	trace	53	0
2014	91.4	39	104.2	89	78.5	29	0.88	9	0
2013	91.2	43	104.4	88	78	34	0.11	35	0
2012	95	12	106.8	51	83.3	3	0.70	12	0
2011	93.9	22	110	9	77.8	35	trace	53	0
2010	91.3	40	106.2	63	76.5	40	0.00	67	0
2009	91.9	34	107.3	43	76.4	41	trace	53	0
2008	92.5	30	105.3	73	79.6	22	0.08	40	0
2007	94.6	15	107.7	35	81.6	7	0.03	48	0
2006	91.7	36	106.8	51	76.7	39	0.00	67	0
2005	93	26	106.7	53	79.4	24	0.12	34	0
2004	91.1	44	105	78	77.2	37	trace	53	1
2003	92.6	29	104.9	79	80.4	13	0.33	22	0
2002	91	48	106.4	61	75.5	48	0.00	67	0
2001	93.6	24	107.1	49	80.1	15	0.00	67	0
2000	92.2	31	104.9	79	79.5	23	0.25	29	1
1999	90.1	59	104.7	84	75.6	46	0.00	67	3
1998	94.4	16	107.9	30	81	11	0.11	35	1
1997					80	18	0.00	67	6
1996	94.1	20	108.6	20	80	18	trace	53	3
1995	95.8	6	111.6	3	80.1	15	trace	53	0
1994	95.4	8	111	5	79.8	20	0.36	21	2
1993	89.8	65	105.8	69	73.9	62	0.00	67	1
1992	93.1	25	107.3	43	78.9	28	0.50	16	3
1991	90.3	58	106.7	53	74.1	58	0.20	31	2
1990	89.2	69	104	94	74.2	56	0.00	67	1
1989	89.4	67	105.5	71	73.3	68	0.53	14	0
1988	90.9	52	106.5	59	75.5	48	0.52	15	2
1987	91	48	107.3	43	75.4	50	0.00	67	3
1986	93.9	22	108.1	23	79.7	21	0.46	19	2
1985	91.1	44	109.7	11	72.9	70	0.00	67	3
1984	92.1	32	105.1	76	79.1	26	0.29	23	0
1983	88.7	83	101.3	99	75.6	46	4.32	1	2
1982	91	48	105.2	75	76.8	38	0.06	42	0
1981	94.2	19	109.5	16	79	27	trace	53	0
1980	90	60	106.5	59	73.5	64	0.00	67	0
1979	87.4	91	102.8	97	72.1	74	1.78	6	0
1978	89.2	69	106.6	56	71.8	77	0.00	67	0
1977	91.5	37	106	66	76.2	42	2.07	4	1
1976	85.9	95	104.6	86	67.2	96	0.00	67	0
1975	91.1	44	108.1	23	74	59	0.00	67	0
1974	90.7	54	107.2	47	74.3	54	trace	53	0
1973	89.9	63	107.4	41	72.3	73	0.05	45	0
1972	89.9	63	105.9	68	73.9	62	0.03	48	0
1971	91.8	35	105.3	73	78.3	31	0.00	67	0
1970	93	26	107.9	30	78.2	33	0.01	51	0
1969	95.2	9	112.5	1	77.8	35	0.00	67	0
1968	86.7	94	103.2	96	70.3	86	0.00	67	0
1967	94.3	17	110.3	7	78.3	31	0.97	8	0
1966	92.1	32	109.6	14	74.7	53	0.23	30	0
1965	90.8	53	108	28	73.5	64	0.15	32	1
1964	91.3	40	107.6	37	74.9	52	0.03	48	0
1963	89.7	66	106	66	73.4	66	0.47	18	0
1962	91.5	37	111	5	72	75	0.00	67	0
1961	91.3	40	106.6	56	76	44	0.27	25	0
1960	90	60	107.4	41	72.6	71	0.06	42	1
1959	89.1	74	106.3	62	72	75	0.01	51	0
1958			108.2	21			0.10	38	5
1957	89.3	68	107.6	37	71	79	0.06	42	0
1956					63.8	100	0.00	67	7
1955	90.6	55	105.1	76	76.1	43	0.05	45	0
1954	85.4	96	104.2	89	66.6	98	0.00	67	2
1953	87.9	87	106.2	63	69.5	93	0.26	27	0
1952	91	48	108	28	74	59	0.00	67	1
1951	89.2	69	104.2	89	74.2	56	0.15	32	0
1950	91.1	44	108.1	23	74	59	0.00	67	0
1949									5
1948	89	78	108.1	23	69.9	91	0.00	67	0
1947	84.9	97	100.3	100	68.9	95	0.81	10	1
1946	89.2	69	107.8	32	70.6	84	trace	53	0
1945	88.9	81	104.7	84	73	69	2.17	3	0
1944	88.2	86	109.7	11	66.7	97	0.00	67	0
1943	87.7	89	105.4	72	70.1	89	0.05	45	0
1942	89	78	106.9	50	71	79	0.29	23	0
1941	84.3	98	102.7	98	65.9	99	1.12	7	1
1940	90	60	109.3	17	70.7	83	0.00	67	2
1938			106.6	56			0.10	38	31
1936	88.3	85	107.5	39	69.2	94	0.00	67	0
1935	88.9	81	104.5	87	73.4	66	0.27	25	3
1934	90.6	55	106.1	65	75.2	51	0.26	27	0
1933	89.1	74	107.3	43	70.9	82	0.00	67	0
1932	89	78	108.2	21	69.7	92	0.00	67	0
1931	90.4	57	104.9	79	75.9	45	0.48	17	0
1930	87.8	88	104.1	93	71.6	78	2.03	5	0
1929	92.8	28	107.2	47	78.4	30	0.00	67	0
1928	89.2	69	107.5	39	71	79	0.00	67	0
1927	87.6	90	104.9	79	70.3	86	0.11	35	0
1926	89.1	74	105.6	70	72.6	71	0.00	67	0
1925	87.4	91	104.8	83	70	90	trace	53	0
1924	88.6	84	106.7	53	70.5	85	0.00	67	0
1923	87.3	93	104.2	89	70.3	86	0.07	41	0
1922	89.1	74	104	94	74.3	54	0.65	13	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	97.7
2020	97.3
2022	96.9
2024	96
2018	96
1995	95.8
2015	95.6
1994	95.4
2019	95.2
2017	95.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1941	84.3
1947	84.9
1954	85.4
1976	85.9
1968	86.7
1923	87.3
1979	87.4
1925	87.4
1927	87.6
1943	87.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	4.32
2023	3.23
1945	2.17
1977	2.07
1930	2.03
1979	1.78
1941	1.12
1967	0.97
2014	0.88
1947	0.81

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	0.00
2021	0.00
2020	0.00
2016	0.00
2010	0.00
2006	0.00
2002	0.00
2001	0.00
1999	0.00
1997	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 118°F; 26 August 2026
Coldest night: 78°F; 15 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 0.00 in of precipitation in Palm Springs, CA, tying the record for the driest August, set in 2021, 2020, 2016 and 32 other years, in 102 years since 1922 (1937 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1939 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1949 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing); provisional.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Palm Springs, CA: 118°F on Wednesday 26 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Palm Springs, CA: a low of 78°F on Saturday 15 August 2026.