Desert Resorts Regional Airport, California climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Desert Resorts Regional Airport's normal year runs from 38°F December nights to 107°F July afternoons, with 3.0 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 22.5°C, December lows of 3°C, July highs of 42°C, 75 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDesert Resorts Regional Airport
- Station IDUSW00003104
- Location33.63°N 116.16°W
- Elevation-118 ft (-36 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Desert Resorts Regional Airport is 88°F and the normal low 54°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 3%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Desert Resorts Regional Airport.
- Jan 71° 39°
- Feb 74° 43°
- Mar 81° 49°
- Apr 87° 55°
- May 95° 63°
- Jun 103° 69°
- Jul 107° 76°
- Aug 106° 75°
- Sep 102° 68°
- Oct 91° 57°
- Nov 79° 45°
- Dec 69° 38°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Desert Resorts Regional Airport each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 107°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 38°F. The most precipitation falls in January (0.64 in), the least in May (0.01 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71°F | 39°F | 55.0°F | 0.64 | 3 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 74°F | 43°F | 58.6°F | 0.61 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 h |
| March | 81°F | 49°F | 65.0°F | 0.34 | 2 | 6 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 87°F | 55°F | 71.0°F | 0.08 | 1 | 13 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 95°F | 63°F | 78.7°F | 0.01 | <1 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 103°F | 69°F | 86.1°F | 0.01 | <1 | 29 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 107°F | 76°F | 91.2°F | 0.13 | 1 | 31 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 106°F | 75°F | 90.6°F | 0.12 | 1 | 31 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 102°F | 68°F | 84.8°F | 0.32 | 1 | 29 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 91°F | 57°F | 73.9°F | 0.19 | 1 | 20 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 79°F | 45°F | 61.7°F | 0.17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 69°F | 38°F | 53.5°F | 0.34 | 2 | <1 | 9 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 89°F | 56°F | 72.5°F | 2.96 | 15 | 187 | 19 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22°C | 4°C | 12.8°C | 16 mm |
| February | 24°C | 6°C | 14.8°C | 15 mm |
| March | 27°C | 9°C | 18.3°C | 9 mm |
| April | 31°C | 13°C | 21.7°C | 2 mm |
| May | 35°C | 17°C | 25.9°C | 0 mm |
| June | 39°C | 21°C | 30.1°C | 0 mm |
| July | 42°C | 24°C | 32.9°C | 3 mm |
| August | 41°C | 24°C | 32.6°C | 3 mm |
| September | 39°C | 20°C | 29.3°C | 8 mm |
| October | 33°C | 14°C | 23.3°C | 5 mm |
| November | 26°C | 7°C | 16.5°C | 4 mm |
| December | 21°C | 3°C | 11.9°C | 9 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003104; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Desert Resorts Regional Airport?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, November and December. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (1).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003104.
When is the last frost at Desert Resorts Regional Airport?
In Desert Resorts Regional Airport, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 7 in half of years and after March 1 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 2 in half of years and before November 16 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- February 71 year in 10 after March 1; 9 in 10 after January 7
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 21 year in 10 before November 16; 9 in 10 before December 21
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 298 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 334 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 15 in half of springs and before December 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Desert Resorts Regional Airport in zone 10a in ZIP code 92201, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 23°F (30 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in California · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00003104; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Desert Resorts Regional Airport?
In a normal year in Desert Resorts Regional Airport, 187 days a year reach 90°F (120 of them 100°F or more), 19 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 15 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 187a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 120a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 19a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 15a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1950) is 126°F, on July 28, 1995; the lowest is 14°F, on December 23, 1990.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1976, with 8.67 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00003104; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00003104. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is it at Desert Resorts Regional Airport, and how clear are the skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 55°F. The muggiest month is August, with an average dew point of 58°F; the driest air comes in December (30°F). April is the windiest month (9.1 mph on average), and September has the most clear or nearly clear hours (96%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F | 44% | 21% | 5.0 mph | 81% | 8% |
| February | 35°F | 42% | 20% | 6.1 mph | 80% | 7% |
| March | 37°F | 34% | 16% | 8.0 mph | 89% | 4% |
| April | 40°F | 29% | 14% | 9.1 mph | 92% | 1% |
| May | 47°F | 30% | 14% | 8.7 mph | 93% | 2% |
| June | 51°F | 27% | 14% | 7.4 mph | 95% | 1% |
| July | 57°F | 31% | 19% | 6.7 mph | 94% | 1% |
| August | 58°F | 35% | 20% | 6.1 mph | 91% | 1% |
| September | 47°F | 34% | 16% | 6.2 mph | 96% | 1% |
| October | 39°F | 39% | 18% | 5.4 mph | 92% | 2% |
| November | 32°F | 44% | 21% | 4.6 mph | 87% | 5% |
| December | 30°F | 47% | 23% | 4.4 mph | 81% | 10% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00003104. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is it at Desert Resorts Regional Airport?
Over a year 91% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Desert Resorts Regional Airport, 5.8 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (96%) and February the cloudiest (84%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 85% | 3.4 |
| February | 84% | 4.3 |
| March | 88% | 5.7 |
| April | 90% | 7.0 |
| May | 93% | 7.9 |
| June | 96% | 8.4 |
| July | 93% | 7.8 |
| August | 94% | 7.3 |
| September | 94% | 6.3 |
| October | 92% | 5.0 |
| November | 89% | 3.7 |
| December | 85% | 3.0 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Desert Resorts Regional Airport record?
A normal year at Desert Resorts Regional Airport brings 1,108 heating degree days, 79% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,880 cooling degree days, 4.3 times the median (908). Two months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,296 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 312 | 2 |
| February | 191 | 11 |
| March | 78 | 79 |
| April | 18 | 198 |
| May | 2 | 428 |
| June | 0 | 632 |
| July | 0 | 814 |
| August | 0 | 792 |
| September | 0 | 596 |
| October | 9 | 285 |
| November | 141 | 42 |
| December | 357 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 1,108 | 3,880 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003104. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Desert Resorts Regional Airport been warmer than normal?
2022 averaged 73.2°F, 0.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 72.5°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 74.0°F | +1.5°F | 1.06 |
| 2022 | 73.2°F | +0.7°F | 1.61 |
Over 64 complete years from 1951 to 2022, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.1°F per century (+0.23°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00003104; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Desert Resorts Regional Airport's climate compare?
Desert Resorts Regional Airport is warmer than 211 of the 219 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 4. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 72.5°F is warmer than 97%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Desert Resorts Regional Airport is BWh: hot desert. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Desert Resorts Regional Airport share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Vista Santa Rosa, CA2,418 people · 3 mi W
- Thermal, CA1,420 people · 2 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Desert Resorts Regional Airport's climate
What is the coldest month at Desert Resorts Regional Airport?
December, with a normal high of 69°F and a normal low of 38°F. The warmest is July (107°F by day, 76°F at night).
Does it snow at Desert Resorts Regional Airport?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month at Desert Resorts Regional Airport?
January, with 0.64 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is May with 0.01 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Desert Resorts Regional Airport in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Desert Resorts Regional Airport in zone 10a in ZIP code 92201, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 23°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come at Desert Resorts Regional Airport?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 7; in one year in ten it comes after March 1. Waiting until March 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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- Mecca, CA6 miles from this station, 74.7°F a year
- Indio, CA6 miles from this station, 75.9°F a year
- Palm Springs, CA24 miles from this station, 75.6°F a year
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