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Weather extremes

How extreme does Cathedral City's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Cathedral City has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 28 years of daily weather observations (1998–present), from the Palm Springs Asos station 6 km away. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Cathedral City has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
124°F Jul 5, 2024

That is about 15°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Cathedral City (typical high near 109°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 124°F Jul 5, 2024recent
2 123°F Jun 17, 2021
3 122°F Jun 29, 2013
❄️ Coldest night
24°F Jan 14, 2007

About 24°F colder than a normal January night in Cathedral City (typical low near 48°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 24°F Jan 14, 2007
2 32°F Dec 23, 1998
3 32°F Feb 3, 2011
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.69 in Feb 14, 2019

More rain in a single day than Cathedral City usually gets in the whole month of February (typical February total about 1.1 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.69 in Feb 14, 2019
2 3.18 in Aug 20, 2023
3 2.24 in Dec 22, 2010

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.

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normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Cathedral City's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 124°F is about 15°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

In a normal year, Cathedral City's warmest days reach the high 100s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 124°F and as low as 24°F. A single day has delivered over 4 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Indio Fire Stn (NOAA GHCN station USC00044259), about 24 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →