This is the perfect time of the year to plan a getaway to Palm Springs and other low desert cities.  

Daytime temperatures are starting to fall below 100.  

What You Need To Know

  • Palm Springs residents started feeling triple-digit heat this year in April 

  • Palm Springs' average high in October ranges from the mid 80s to mid 90s

  • The forecast for the next two weeks calls for daytime highs in the 90s

  • Records in the last 12 years show no triple-digit temperatures in November.

If you’re ready for it to cool down in the low desert, you’ll be glad to know we’re in the middle of a streak of 90-degree days.  

The "cooling trend" is due to a couple of things - a low pressure system diving across the west into the Midwest putting a dent in the ridge of high pressure.  Plus, there's a cutoff low setting up off the coast of SoCal that'll draw in some monsoonal moisture on and off throughout throughout Saturday.  

The best chances for any thunderstorms are Monday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon and again Friday afternoon through Saturday.  

Look at the temperature trend since Friday.

This isn't the first time Palm Springs was able to take a break from triple-digit heat this year.  

Back in mid September, Palm Springs enjoyed 12 days in the 90s and one day in the 80s thanks to increased cloud cover from monsoon storms and the remnants of Hurricane Kay.  This combination of tropical moisture streaming across the southwest dumped 0.53" of rain in Palm Springs. 

This year, locals started to feel the heat turning up in April, with about 12 days in the 90s and three days in the 100s.  The first two 100-degree days were on April 8 and 9. 

Usually, April's averages are in the upper 80s.

Earliest 100-degree days

Weather records have been kept at the Palm Springs Airport since 1999. In every one of those years, temperatures hit the triple-digit mark before the end of May.  

How early has Palm Springs hit the 100s?

2007: March 16 - 100 degrees

2004: March 21 - 102 degrees

2015: March 28 - 100 degrees

2011: March 31 - 101 degrees

Is fall weather here to stay?

Records from the past 12 years show it’s not unusual to get 100 degree days in mid-to-late October.

As of right now, the forecast is calling for 90s through Oct. 23, so we may be in the clear after that.  

Records also show that in the last 12 years, there were no triple-digit temperatures in November.  

Prior to that, highs reached 100 in November in 1991 and 1962.

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