Palmdale, CA: 2026

9 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 68°F in Palmdale, CA, the warmest 1 January to 9 October since 2018, tied 5th warmest of 94 (with 2018).

2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 68°F; Warmest since 2018; 5th warmest of 94
Precipitation: 3.03 in; Driest since 2025; 37th driest of 94

A normal 1 January to 9 October in Palmdale, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 66.3°F, between 64.1°F and 68.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.37 in of precipitation, between 1.72 in and 10.16 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 9 October in Palmdale, CA since 1933: 68°F in 2026; the highest is 69.2°F, in 1996.

Normal range, 64.1 to 68.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 9 October in Palmdale, CA from 1931 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	68	5	82.9	6	53.1	6	3.03	58	0
2025	66.4	21	81.1	29	51.6	19	2.86	62	0
2024	67.8	8	82.5	9	53	7	6.30	24	0
2023	63.5	70	77.1	91	49.9	38	8.68	13	0
2022	67.9	7	83.1	4	52.7	8	1.35	84	0
2021	67.7	9	82.8	7	52.7	8	0.98	89	0
2020	66.8	15	82.1	13	51.5	20	4.97	35	0
2019	64.8	43	78.5	77	51.1	25	5.21	33	0
2018	68	5	82.2	12	53.7	2	2.57	66	0
2017	67.6	10	81.4	23	53.9	1	4.56	39	0
2016	67	14	81.5	18	52.4	10	2.47	69	0
2015	67.3	11	81.5	18	53.2	5	3.74	47	0
2014	68.2	3	83	5	53.5	3	3.21	54	0
2013	66.6	17	81.2	27	51.9	14	1.07	86	0
2012	67.2	12	82.7	8	51.7	18	1.79	80	2
2011	64.1	56	78.6	76	49.6	42	3.67	49	0
2010	64.4	46	78.5	77	50.2	37	5.95	25	2
2009	66	26	81.1	29	50.9	27	2.77	65	0
2008	65.9	29	81.1	29	50.8	31	2.49	68	0
2007	66.5	19	82.1	13	50.8	31	0.80	90	2
2006	64.3	48	79.8	56	48.9	51	3.52	50	9
2005	64	59	78.5	77	49.4	46	10.13	10	2
2004	65.9	29	81	34	50.9	27	2.43	70	0
2003	66.7	16	81.5	18	52	13	5.91	26	3
2002	65.1	42	80.7	41	49.6	42	0.45	93	5
2001	66.3	22	80.8	39	51.8	16	5.76	28	5
2000	66	26	80.9	37	51.2	24	2.23	71	4
1999	63.7	66	78.8	72	48.6	57	1.83	78	4
1998	62.7	84	77	92	48.5	58	11.35	7	2
1997	68.2	3	84.2	2	52.3	11	2.20	73	4
1996	69.2	1	85.1	1	53.4	4	3.19	55	5
1995	66.3	22	81.3	25	51.4	21	8.29	16	6
1994	68.3	2	84.1	3	52.1	12	2.94	60	20
1993	65.8	33	80.5	47	50.9	27	13.72	1	13
1992	66.6	17	81.2	27	51.8	16	10.44	9	8
1991	65.6	38	80.3	50	50.8	31	6.81	21	10
1990	66.5	19	81.5	18	51.4	21	2.22	72	6
1989	66.2	24	81.4	23	51	26	2.52	67	6
1988	65.7	36	81.5	18	49.8	39	4.08	44	5
1987	65.4	40	81.1	29	49.7	40	2.87	61	5
1986	65.9	29	81.1	29	50.7	34	4.43	41	3
1985	65.7	36	80.7	41	49.5	45	0.43	94	19
1984	65.8	33	82.4	10	49.2	48	1.03	87	1
1983	62.6	85	77.9	86	47.1	79	13.15	4	4
1982	63	78	77.9	86	48.2	65	8.32	15	6
1981	65.5	39	82.1	13	49	50	4.90	36	1
1980	63.9	62	79.5	63	48.3	63	13.34	3	0
1979	63	78	79.6	59	46.4	85	8.62	14	10
1978	64	59	79.2	67	48.8	53	11.48	5	3
1977	64.3	48	79.9	54	48.8	53	6.50	23	2
1976	63.9	62	79.3	64	48.4	60	4.68	38	5
1975	63.6	68	78.9	71	48	69	3.00	59	6
1974	64.3	48	79.9	54	48.8	53	5.16	34	1
1973	62.9	82	78.8	72	46.9	81	5.55	29	0
1972	64.6	45	81.3	25	48	69	0.71	91	0
1971	62.9	82	79.8	56	46.1	88	0.99	88	0
1970	64.3	48	80.9	37	47.6	74	1.76	81	0
1969	64.2	53	80	51	48.4	60	6.82	20	0
1968	64.1	56	80.5	47	47.8	72	3.72	48	0
1967	63.5	70	79.6	59	47.5	76	3.84	46	0
1966	63.9	62	81	34	46.8	82	1.66	82	0
1965	62.6	85	78.7	75	46.4	85	2.81	64	0
1964	62.6	85	79.6	59	45.6	92	1.85	77	0
1963	63.4	73	79.7	58	47.2	78	4.02	45	0
1962	63	78	80	51	46.1	88	5.43	30	0
1961	65.2	41	81.9	16	48.5	58	1.11	85	0
1960	66.1	25	81.9	16	50.3	36	2.85	63	0
1959	65.9	29	81	34	50.7	34	1.83	78	0
1958	64.2	53	79.3	64	49.1	49	7.39	17	0
1957	63.2	76	78.3	81	48.1	67	4.86	37	0
1956	63.1	77	79.2	67	47	80	3.11	56	0
1955	61.4	93	78	84	44.8	94	3.33	52	0
1954	63.8	65	80.8	39	46.8	82	5.28	32	0
1953	62.4	88	80	51	44.9	93	0.62	92	0
1952	62.4	88	78.3	81	46.5	84	8.78	12	0
1951	64.4	46	80.7	41	48.2	65	2.15	74	2
1950	64	59	80.4	49	47.6	74	1.91	75	0
1949	61.7	92	77.6	90	45.9	91	1.91	75	0
1948	62.4	88	78.4	80	46.1	88	3.36	51	6
1947	64.7	44	80.6	45	48.8	53	1.62	83	1
1946	63.6	68	79.3	64	47.9	71	4.24	42	1
1945	63.3	74	78.2	83	48.4	60	5.79	27	2
1944	61.2	94	75.8	94	46.4	85	9.30	11	2
1943	64.3	48	79.6	59	48.9	51	11.24	8	4
1942	63.5	70	79	70	47.8	72	3.23	53	1
1941	62.2	91	76.1	93	48.3	63	13.70	2	3
1940	66	26	80.6	45	51.4	21	4.13	43	5
1939	64.2	53	79.1	69	49.4	46	6.70	22	12
1938	63.7	66	77.8	88	49.6	42	11.42	6	11
1937	63	78	77.8	88	48.1	67	7.30	18	4
1936	65.8	33	80.7	41	50.9	27	4.56	39	10
1935	64.1	56	78	84	49.7	40	6.95	19	8
1934	67.2	12	82.4	10	51.9	14	3.09	57	3
1933	63.3	74	78.8	72	47.5	76	5.29	31	8
1932									228
1931									108

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1996	69.2
1994	68.3
2014	68.2
1997	68.2
2026	68
2018	68
2022	67.9
2024	67.8
2021	67.7
2017	67.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1944	61.2
1955	61.4
1949	61.7
1941	62.2
1953	62.4
1952	62.4
1948	62.4
1983	62.6
1965	62.6
1964	62.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1993	13.72
1941	13.70
1980	13.34
1983	13.15
1978	11.48
1938	11.42
1998	11.35
1943	11.24
1992	10.44
2005	10.13

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1985	0.43
2002	0.45
1953	0.62
1972	0.71
2007	0.80
2021	0.98
1971	0.99
1984	1.03
2013	1.07
1961	1.11

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 107°F; 1 August 2026
Coldest night: 25°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.87 in; 1 January 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	46.7°F 27th warmest of 93	1.17 in 40th wettest of 94
February	50.8°F 17th warmest of 91	1.67 in 31st wettest of 94
March	63°F Warmest of 92	0.16 in 23rd driest of 94
April	59.1°F 43rd warmest of 93	0.03 in 29th driest of 95
May	67.9°F 32nd warmest of 95	0.00 in Driest of 95
June	77.2°F 24th warmest of 95	0.00 in Driest of 95
July	83.3°F 29th warmest of 94	a trace 32nd wettest of 95
August	85.4°F 3rd warmest of 95	a trace 33rd driest of 95
September	74.2°F 42nd coldest of 94	a trace 40th wettest of 96
October so far	78.1°F 3rd warmest of 90	a trace 20th wettest of 94

Hot days and freezes

Palmdale, CA has had 112 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2024, 29th most of 94.
Palmdale, CA has had 39 days at 100°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2024, tied 30th most of 94 (with 1990 and 1985).
Palmdale, CA has had 19 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2025, tied 79th most of 94 (with 1997, 1991 and 1986).
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Palmdale, CA came on Sunday 8 March 2026, the latest since 2025, 86th latest of 94.

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
29 March	Warmest day	88°F	87°F 2015	Provisional
28 March	Warmest day	87°F	86°F 2015	Provisional
27 March	Warmest day	88°F	87°F 2015	Provisional
25 March	Warmest day	89°F	87°F 2022	Provisional
24 March	Warmest day	90°F	86°F 2022	Provisional
23 March	Warmest day	88°F	87°F 1990	Provisional
22 March	Warmest day	90°F	89°F 2004	Provisional
20 March	Warmest day	95°F	91°F 1997	Provisional
19 March	Warmest day	91°F	90°F 1997	Provisional
18 March	Warmest day	92°F	84°F 1997	Provisional
17 March	Warmest day	90°F	88°F 2007	Provisional
28 February	Warmest day	82°F	81°F 1999, 1972	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 3.03 in of precipitation in Palmdale, CA, the driest 1 January to 9 October since 2025, 37th driest of 94.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Palmdale, CA: 107°F on Saturday 1 August 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Palmdale, CA: a low of 25°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Palmdale, CA: 0.87 in on Thursday 1 January 2026.