DesertWeather.com Community http://www.desertweather.com/blog Weather related discussions for the Coachella Valley and surrounding areas Mon, 12 May 2008 16:33:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en On this day… May 7th http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-may-7th.htm http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-may-7th.htm#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 08:00:21 +0000 John http://www.desertweather.com/blog/?p=336 On this day in…
2001: A heat wave started on this day and ended on 5.9. Temperatures hit 109° at Palm Springs, Thermal, and Borrego Springs, 103° at Hemet, and 102° at San Bernardino.
1976: 1.11 inches of rain fell in Palm Springs, the greatest daily amount on record for May.
1964: It was 36° in Palm Springs, the lowest temperature on record for May.

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*this chart is from the National Weather Service for Palm Springs

]]> http://www.desertweather.com/blog/april-chart-for-palm-springs.htm/feed Warmer Temperatures this Weekend http://www.desertweather.com/blog/warmer-temperatures-this-weekend.htm http://www.desertweather.com/blog/warmer-temperatures-this-weekend.htm#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:44:18 +0000 John http://www.desertweather.com/blog/?p=334 High pressure aloft with weak offshore flow will bring very warm temperatures to Southern California this weekend. Temperatures will peak Sunday with highs expected to top 100° in the Coachella Valley. the last time Palm Springs reached 100° was September 16th of last year.

Per the National Weather Service:

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS EARLY SEASON HEAT WAVE. TWO WEEKENDS
AGO (APRIL 12TH AND 13TH) TEMPERATURES SOARING INTO THE 90S WEST OF
THE MOUNTAINS. FOUR HIKERS SUFFERED HEAT STROKE OR HEAT EXHAUSTION.
PEOPLE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS WEEKEND SHOULD TAKE ALONG PLENTY
OF WATER AND STAY HYDRATED.

With the Coachella Fest this weekend in Coachella, many of the 180,000 music goers drive in from out of the area and are not accustom to the 100° plus temperatures and should be cautious of the dehydration potential.

The high will weaken Early next week and bring the temperatures back down to seasonable high 80’s to low 90’s.

]]> http://www.desertweather.com/blog/warmer-temperatures-this-weekend.htm/feed On this day… April 19th http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-april-19th.htm http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-april-19th.htm#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:00:08 +0000 John http://www.desertweather.com/blog/?p=332 On this day in…
1968: It was 34° in Palm Springs, the lowest temperature on record for April.

]]> http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-april-19th.htm/feed Signs of Summer http://www.desertweather.com/blog/signs-of-summer.htm http://www.desertweather.com/blog/signs-of-summer.htm#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:40:31 +0000 John http://www.desertweather.com/blog/?p=330 With temperatures reaching 96° today (9° above normal), we got a good taste of the long summer season that is quickly approaching! Records were set for many areas in Southern California.

Temperatures are expected to return to more seasonal values on Tuesday.

]]> http://www.desertweather.com/blog/signs-of-summer.htm/feed On this day… April 7th http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-april-7th.htm http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-april-7th.htm#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:00:20 +0000 John http://www.desertweather.com/blog/?p=328 On this day in…
1989: During a major heat wave lasting from late March to mid April, Palm Springs set a record high temperature at 112° on this day (the earliest date in the season to record 110° or higher).
1958: 15 inches of snow fell in Idyllwild, the greatest daily snowfall on record for April.

]]> http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-april-7th.htm/feed On this day… April 6th http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-april-6th.htm http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-april-6th.htm#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:00:56 +0000 John http://www.desertweather.com/blog/?p=327 On this day in…
1989: A major heat wave lasted from late March to mid April. On this day and on 4.7, daily high temperature records were broken at all recording stations in Southern California. Many monthly record high temperatures were set for April, including 112° at Palm Springs on 4.7, 106° at LA on this day, 104° at Riverside on this day, 103° at Escondido on 4.7, 102° at Santa Ana on this day, 101° at Tustin on this day, 98° at San Diego on this day, and 76° at Big Bear Lake on 4.7 and 4.8.

]]> http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-april-6th.htm/feed On this day… April 5th http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-april-5th.htm http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-april-5th.htm#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:00:20 +0000 John http://www.desertweather.com/blog/?p=326 On this day in…
1958: It was 14° in Idyllwild, the lowest temperature on record for April.

]]> http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-april-5th.htm/feed On this day… April 4th http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-april-4th.htm http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-april-4th.htm#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:01:25 +0000 John http://www.desertweather.com/blog/?p=325 On this day in…
1927: 1.97 inches of rain fell in Palm Springs, the greatest daily amount on record for April.

]]> http://www.desertweather.com/blog/on-this-day-april-4th.htm/feed First Day of Spring! http://www.desertweather.com/blog/first-day-of-spring.htm http://www.desertweather.com/blog/first-day-of-spring.htm#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:01:45 +0000 John http://www.desertweather.com/blog/first-day-of-spring.htm Today is the first day of spring or the Vernal Equinox, the sun crossed the equator at 10:48pm last night, here on the west coast. Equinox means “equal night”, and today is a day with equal hours of light and dark.

Wikipedia.org for details

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