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Weather extremes
How extreme does Palmdale's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Palmdale has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Palmdale has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 20°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Palmdale (typical high near 98°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 27°F colder than a normal January night in Palmdale (typical low near 35°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Palmdale usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 0.0 in).
The three most extreme on record
Top recorded days
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Palmdale's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 118°F is about 20°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Palmdale (NOAA GHCN station USC00046624), about 2 km from the city centre.