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Weather extremes

How extreme does La Quinta's weather get?

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

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Indio Fire Stn station 10 km away. Updated through April 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 La Quinta has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
122°F Jul 15, 2006

That is about 16°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in La Quinta (typical high near 106°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 122°F Jul 15, 2006
2 121°F Jul 5, 1989
3 121°F Jul 28, 1995
❄️ Coldest night
0°F May 17, 1990

About 69°F colder than a normal May night in La Quinta (typical low near 69°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 0°F May 17, 1990
2 19°F Dec 23, 1990
3 21°F Jan 5, 1972
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.16 in Aug 17, 1977

More rain in a single day than La Quinta usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 0.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.16 in Aug 17, 1977
2 2.00 in Jan 22, 2010
3 1.95 in Jan 5, 1995

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.

-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130°150° all-time high 122°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

La Quinta's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 122°F is about 16°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, La Quinta's warmest days reach the mid-100s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 122°F and as low as 0°F. A single day has delivered over 3 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 10 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →