Palm Springs, CA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 62.1°F in Palm Springs, CA, the warmest January since 2018, 5th warmest of 99.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 62.1°F; Warmest since 2018; 5th warmest of 99
Precipitation: 0.67 in; Wettest since 2024; 38th wettest of 102

A normal January in Palm Springs, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 58.3°F, between 55.3°F and 62.5°F in eight years of ten and 0.45 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 3.73 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Palm Springs, CA since 1923: 62.1°F in 2026; the highest is 65.2°F, in 2003.

Normal range, 55.3 to 62.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Palm Springs, CA from 1923 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	62.1	5	73.6	17	50.6	3	0.67	38	0
2025	59	22	71.5	34	46.5	20	0.09	73	0
2024	58.1	31	69.7	54	46.5	20	0.87	31	0
2023	56.3	50	66.1	85	46.5	20	1.33	28	0
2022	61.4	9	73.7	16	49.1	6	trace	82	0
2021	59.8	18	71.9	32	47.7	12	0.53	50	0
2020	59.9	14	72.7	22	47.1	18	0.04	77	0
2019	57.8	35	68	71	47.6	14	1.45	26	0
2018	64.1	2	76.4	5	51.7	2	1.45	26	0
2017	55.4	60	65	89	45.8	27	3.53	10	0
2016	56.6	48	67.6	76	45.6	31	2.26	16	0
2015	61.7	6	73.3	18	50.2	5	0.22	64	0
2014	63.7	3	77	3	50.4	4	0.00	89	0
2013	55.9	54	67.6	76	44.2	43	0.61	45	0
2012	61.1	10	74.7	9	47.5	15	0.03	79	0
2011	58.4	26	71	40	45.8	27	0.01	81	0
2010	57.4	39	68.6	68	46.3	23	4.51	4	1
2009	61.5	8	73.9	14	49.1	6	trace	82	0
2008	54.4	78	64.3	94	44.4	40	2.20	17	0
2007	55.6	57	67.3	80	43.8	45	trace	82	0
2006	58.8	23	71.4	35	46.2	24	0.13	71	0
2005	56.8	45	66.4	83	47.2	17	3.65	9	0
2004	57.6	37	69.3	60	45.9	26	0.06	75	0
2003	65.2	1	78	1	52.5	1	0.54	49	0
2002	56.8	45	68.8	65	44.7	37	trace	82	0
2001	55.1	66	65.6	87	44.7	37	0.68	37	0
2000	60.1	13	72	29	48.3	10	0.00	89	0
1999	59.8	18	72.7	22	46.9	19	trace	82	1
1998			70.1	48	45.4	34	0.78	33	5
1997	58.3	27	69	62	47.7	12	0.76	34	1
1996	59.9	14	72.5	26	47.3	16	0.23	63	0
1995	55.1	66	64.6	92	45.6	31	4.43	5	0
1994	60.7	11	76.2	6	45.3	35	0.04	77	2
1993			64.9	91	44.1	44	8.04	2	4
1992	58.2	29	72	29	44.3	42	0.64	41	2
1991			69.1	61	45.1	36	0.35	55	5
1990	55.4	60	69.4	59	41.6	65	0.36	54	1
1989	54.6	76	68.8	65	40.3	78	0.62	44	2
1988	55.3	63	69.8	53	41	73	1.65	22	1
1987					42.7	55	0.58	47	4
1986	63.1	4	77.6	2	48.8	8	0.33	56	2
1985	54.9	73	67.9	74	41.9	63	0.21	66	0
1984	59.9	14	73.8	15	46.1	25	0.00	89	1
1983	59.1	21	72.6	24	45.6	31	0.97	30	0
1982	55.1	66	68	71	42.3	62	1.03	29	3
1981	61.6	7	74.7	9	48.5	9	0.55	48	0
1980	59.6	20	71.2	38	48.1	11	4.14	7	1
1979	50.1	94	61.7	101	38.5	92	2.80	14	0
1978	55	70	66.7	81	43.4	49	4.32	6	1
1977	56.1	52	69.7	54	42.5	58	1.51	24	0
1976	60.5	12	76.5	4	44.5	39	0.00	89	0
1975	56.9	44	72.4	27	41.5	66	trace	82	0
1974	54.3	79	65.8	86	42.8	54	3.17	12	0
1973	52.9	85	66.4	83	39.4	84	0.51	51	1
1972	55	70	71	40	38.9	86	0.00	89	0
1971	57.8	35	73.1	19	42.4	59	0.03	79	0
1970	55.4	60	69.5	57	41.2	71	0.09	73	0
1969	57.3	41	68.9	64	45.7	29	3.79	8	0
1968	55.2	65	70.8	43	39.7	82	0.00	89	0
1967	55.3	63	70.7	45	39.8	81	0.63	42	0
1966	53.5	82	67.6	76	39.4	84	0.28	60	0
1965	57.9	33	72.9	20	43	50	trace	82	0
1964			68.2	70			0.63	42	13
1963	52.8	86	66.6	82	38.7	89	0.06	75	2
1962	57.1	43	70.6	47	43.7	46	0.59	46	0
1961	58.3	27	74.4	11	42.4	59	0.67	38	1
1960	49.5	96	62.5	100	36.5	98	0.83	32	0
1959	57.5	38	72.4	27	42.7	55	0.47	52	1
1958	56.6	48	72.6	24	40.6	76	0.31	58	0
1957	52.7	88	64.6	92	40.9	75	3.30	11	1
1956	56.7	47	72	29	41.2	71	0.74	36	2
1955	49.9	95	63.5	99	36.3	99	2.84	13	0
1954	53.1	84	67.6	76	38.5	92	2.47	15	1
1953	58.6	25	74.3	12	43	50	0.00	89	0
1952	49.5	96	64.1	96	34.9	101			0
1951	51.7	90	70.1	48	33.3	102	0.16	69	0
1950	51.5	91	65	89	38	95	0.67	38	0
1949	45	98	54.8	103	35.1	100	2.08	18	0
1948	58.2	29	75.8	8	40.6	76	0.00	89	0
1947	53.6	81	70.7	45	36.6	97	0.00	89	0
1946	54.3	79	69.7	54	38.9	86	0.00	89	0
1945	54.9	73	71	40	38.8	88	0.22	64	0
1944	53.3	83	68.4	69	38.1	94	0.13	71	1
1943	54.8	75	69.5	57	40	80	8.43	1	0
1942	55	70	71.3	36	38.7	89	0.20	67	0
1941	55.6	57	68	71	42.6	57			3
1940	57.4	39	71.3	36	43.5	47	1.92	20	0
1939	54.6	76	68.8	65	40.3	78	1.60	23	0
1938	58.7	24	76	7	41.4	69	0.28	60	0
1937	43.9	99	56.2	102	31.6	103	1.80	21	0
1936	56.2	51	71.1	39	41.4	69	0.20	67	0
1935	55.1	66	67.8	75	42.4	59	2.05	19	0
1934	59.9	14	74.1	13	45.7	29	0.75	35	0
1933	51.5	91	64.2	95	38.7	89	1.50	25	0
1932	50.2	93	63.7	97	36.7	96	0.33	56	0
1931	57.2	42	70.8	43	43.5	47	0.44	53	0
1930	52.8	86	63.7	97	41.9	63	4.64	3	0
1929	52.5	89	65.4	88	39.7	82	0.31	58	0
1928	57.9	33	72.8	21	42.9	52	0.00	89	0
1927	56	53	69	62	42.9	52	0.00	89	0
1926	55.9	54	70.1	48	41.5	66	0.00	89	1
1925	55.9	54	70.1	48	41.5	66	0.00	89	1
1924	55.5	59	70.1	48	41	73	0.16	69	0
1923	58.1	31	71.9	32	44.4	40	0.26	62	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2003	65.2
2018	64.1
2014	63.7
1986	63.1
2026	62.1
2015	61.7
1981	61.6
2009	61.5
2022	61.4
2012	61.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	43.9
1949	45
1960	49.5
1952	49.5
1955	49.9
1979	50.1
1932	50.2
1950	51.5
1933	51.5
1951	51.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1943	8.43
1993	8.04
1930	4.64
2010	4.51
1995	4.43
1978	4.32
1980	4.14
1969	3.79
2005	3.65
2017	3.53

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2014	0.00
2000	0.00
1984	0.00
1976	0.00
1972	0.00
1968	0.00
1953	0.00
1948	0.00
1947	0.00
1946	0.00
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The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 85°F; 14 January 2026
Coldest night: 39°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.65 in; 1 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.67 in of precipitation in Palm Springs, CA, the wettest January since 2024, tied 38th wettest of 102 (with 1961 and 1950).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Palm Springs, CA: 85°F on Wednesday 14 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Palm Springs, CA: a low of 39°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Palm Springs, CA: 0.65 in on Thursday 1 January 2026.