Palm Desert weather
Loading live data…Clear,much the same tomorrow
NWS, the American and the European model agree on a high near 85° in Palm Desert today. Tomorrow: clear, around 86°, with a 0% chance of rain.
Latest for Palm Desert: NWS (National Blend (NBM)): 66° Clear · American (NOAA GFS): 70° Clear · European (ECMWF): 65° Mainly clear.
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Palm Desert weather in numbers
measured normals and 10 years of recorded weatherPalm Desert swings 58°F across the year, from 107°F highs in July to 49°F lows in December, and January is usually the wettest month in a year that brings about 5 in of precipitation. Over 10 years of recorded weather it averages 245 days a year at 77°F or above, 188 of them at 86°F or above, 0 frost nights, and rain on 22 days.
Day counts are from the ERA5 reanalysis for Palm Desert’s grid square, 2016 to 2025, counted the same way for every city so the numbers compare. A reanalysis square is an area, not a weather station, so it is good for counting days and not for a single day’s record.
The weather map: all three models at once
NWS, American, European side by side around Palm Desert and nearby towns.Live rain radar →Palm Desert hourly forecast: next 14 hours
consensus of the three modelsRain in the next 24 hours, model by model
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Palm Desert 10-day forecast, out to 14 days
where the models agree, and where they splitPalm Desert, California (CA) is at its warmest in Jul (average highs near 107°F) and coldest in Dec (lows around 49°F), with roughly 5 in of precipitation across the year. Below, compare what NWS, American, European forecast for Palm Desert right now, and see exactly where they disagree.
We grade every model against the weather that actually happened, so you can see which forecast model is most accurate in United States before you trust any single number.
Palm Desert climate by month
average daytime high and overnight low across a typical year (1991-2020)Source: 1991-2020 averages, ERA5 for this place adjusted with NASA POWER.
How the weather around Palm Desert has changed since 1995
Palm Desert sits in the same roughly 50 km square of NASA's reanalysis as Indio. That square ran 1.6°F warmer in 2015-2024 than in 1995-2004. See the full 30-year picture on the Indio page.
Which forecast is most accurate in Palm Desert?
CheckWeather Score, graded against the weather that actually happened
The CheckWeather Score blends temperature, wind and rain accuracy, each measured against ERA5 (the recorded weather) over the last 30 days across 1999 cities. Lower error means a higher score. See which forecast model is most accurate in United States, how we measure forecast accuracy, or which model each weather app uses.
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Where the models disagree
temperature and rain, judged separatelyThe models often agree on temperature and still split on rain, and rain is usually what decides whether a plan survives. A wide rain range means the shower is genuinely uncertain, not that the forecast is wrong.