Desert Resorts Rgnl, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Desert Resorts Rgnl's primary NOAA station, DESERT RESORTS RGNL AP.
The climate verdict for Desert Resorts Rgnl
Desert Resorts Rgnl, California is cooling-led and dry. Its 3.0 inches of annual precipitation pairs with an annual average of 73°F. It scores 77/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 70% of them.
- 73°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 77/100
- comfort score, above 70% of station-mapped location scores
- 3.0"
- annual precipitation
- 298 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Desert Resorts Rgnl: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00003104 · Desert Resorts Rgnl, CA 73°F mean · 3.0" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 73°F
- RANK-WARM #6,655
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Florence
- PRCP-ARID 3.0"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-TOP 77/100
- LOAD-COOL 3,880 CDD
- STN-1 USW00003104
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Florence, AZ ( -0.1 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every CA station list.
- Desert Resorts… (this station) 73°F
- Hot Crystal City, TX 73°F
- Near Castle Hot Spri…, AZ 73°F
- Cold Fountain Hills, AZ 72°F
- Near Florence, AZ 72°F
Climate Living Index · Desert Resorts Rgnl
Desert Resorts Rgnl: 62/100 · grade C
Desert Resorts Rgnl publishes all six Living Index dimensions from NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals.
PlainClimate-derived for Desert Resorts Rgnl, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 77/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 298 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Summer moisture balance | 55.3°F mean dew point | 90/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 72.5°F · 5.0° from 67.5°F | 85/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 172 calendar days | 31/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 3.0 in · 32.0 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Desert Resorts Rgnl · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Desert Resorts Rgnl's normals sit in a dry climate class: BWh
Annual precipitation falls well below the aridity threshold for this temperature regime, so the normals classify as hot desert (BWh). Class BWh is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically hot desert.
- Köppen code
- BWh
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 91.2°F
- Coldest month
- 53.5°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · cooling-led station
Where Desert Resorts Rgnl sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Desert Resorts Rgnl's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 3% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Desert Resorts Rgnl sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 100%
- Desert Resorts Rgnl's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 74%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Desert Resorts Rgnl is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Desert Resorts Rgnl compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Desert Resorts Rgnl's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
77 Top 30% score exceeds 70% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Desert Resorts Rgnl's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 64 complete annual observations from 1951 to 2022, DESERT RESORTS RGNL AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.23°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Desert Resorts Rgnl primary station fitted change +0.23 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71°F (22°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 74°F (24°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| March | 81°F (27°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 6.2 |
| April | 87°F (31°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.2 |
| May | 95°F (35°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 0.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 24.1 |
| June | 103°F (39°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 86°F (30°C) | 0.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 29.1 |
| July | 107°F (42°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 91°F (33°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 30.9 |
| August | 106°F (41°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 91°F (33°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 31.0 |
| September | 102°F (39°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 85°F (29°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 29.0 |
| October | 91°F (33°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.1 |
| November | 79°F (26°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 1.9 | 3.0 |
| December | 69°F (21°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 8.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Desert Resorts Rgnl runs from a mild 37°F around December 19 to 107°F at the peak near July 13, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from April 30 through October 18, covering 172 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs January 7 to December 7.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 37°F around December 19.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is January 7, when 10% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 9 at 0%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 15 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 31 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 35°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Desert Resorts Rgnl.
Where Desert Resorts Rgnl Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 172 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 3 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Desert Resorts Rgnl earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
3.1 days with precipitation
2.8 days with precipitation
1.7 days with precipitation
0.8 days with precipitation
0.3 days with precipitation
0.1 days with precipitation
0.7 days with precipitation
0.7 days with precipitation
1.3 days with precipitation
0.8 days with precipitation
0.9 days with precipitation
2.1 days with precipitation
Desert Resorts Rgnl's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 54% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 9%. That is the cool-season-dominant pattern of the West Coast and the higher inland West, where storm tracks swing south in winter and summer turns dry; the thermometer meanwhile shows a 37.7°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- January, 0.6"
- Driest month
- June, 0.0"
- Wettest three months
- January, February, March (54% of the year)
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A cool-season label means the December-February share reaches 35%. Where snow falls, the monthly figures above report liquid-equivalent precipitation, so a wet winter month is not necessarily a rainy one.
Desert Resorts Rgnl is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 15 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 4% of the calendar, and they carry 3.0" between them. At roughly 0.19 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is January at about 3 wet days; the driest is June at about 0.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Desert Resorts Rgnl's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 7
50% probability date
Growing Season
298 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,108
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,880
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44% | 5.0 | 72% | 8% |
| February | 42% | 6.1 | 70% | 7% |
| March | 34% | 8.0 | 80% | 4% |
| April | 29% | 9.1 | 83% | 1% |
| May | 30% | 8.7 | 86% | 2% |
| June | 27% | 7.4 | 89% | 1% |
| July | 31% | 6.7 | 84% | 1% |
| August | 35% | 6.1 | 80% | 1% |
| September | 34% | 6.2 | 90% | 1% |
| October | 39% | 5.4 | 86% | 2% |
| November | 44% | 4.6 | 79% | 5% |
| December | 47% | 4.4 | 72% | 10% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Desert Resorts Rgnl on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (73°F here).
- Bruni, TX 73°F · 0.0°F off
- Kissimmee, FL 73°F · 0.0°F off
- Bishop, TX 72°F · 0.1°F off
- Casa Grande, AZ 72°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (3.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Yuma Proving Ground, AZ 3.5" · 0.6" off
- Wendover, UT 3.6" · 0.6" off
- Tacna, AZ 3.8" · 0.8" off
- Yuma, AZ 4.0" · 1.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Desert Resorts Rgnl's limited precipitation lands
cooling led · dry · mid swing
Air-conditioning demand is the clearest thermal signal here. Desert Resorts Rgnl accumulates 3,880 cooling degree days, more than twice its 1,108 heating total; the monthly table shows when that imbalance builds rather than treating it as a year-round condition.
Heat demand sits beside limited local precipitation: Desert Resorts Rgnl receives 3.0 inches in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's dry range. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. Month-level precipitation is the useful check on when that small annual total arrives.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Desert Resorts Rgnl's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.7°F. The annual average is 73°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Desert Resorts Rgnl has a long frost-free window of roughly 298 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
Desert Resorts Rgnl wettest normal
January
January concentrates the scarce annual total (3.0 inches).
Desert Resorts Rgnl driest normal
May
May is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Desert Resorts Rgnl's primary station: DESERT RESORTS RGNL AP (USW00003104). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Desert Resorts Rgnl; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Desert Resorts Rgnl comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.