STATION: PALM SPRINGS INTL AIRPORT (KPSP), CA
CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY. Period of Record: Feb 1998 to Dec 2008
Summaries based on unedited daily ASOS data. Errors may be present.
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TEMPERATURE (F) | Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Year
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Avg Max Temp | 69.6 71.5 78.8 83.9 94.0 102.8 107.7 106.1 100.7 89.4 77.7 68.4 | 87.6
Avg Min Temp | 46.5 48.3 53.1 57.0 65.2 71.8 79.4 78.8 72.6 63.0 53.4 45.0 | 61.1
Avg Temperature | 58.0 59.9 65.9 70.4 79.6 87.3 93.5 92.5 86.7 76.2 65.5 56.7 | 74.3
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Extremes: | |
Extreme Max Temp| 92 88 102 106 114 117 121 120 115 105 95 86 | 121
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Date of Ext-Day | 31 09 21 28 23 20 22 04 01 01 07 17 |
-Year| 2003 2006 2004 2007 2001 2008 2006 1998 2007 2003 2006 1998 |
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Extreme Min Temp| 24 34 38 39 47 56 66 64 58 49 36 32 | 24
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Date of Ext-Day | 14 01 06 02 13 03 01 07 20 31 30 23 |
-Year| 2007 2002 2000 1999 1998 1999 2004 1999 2004 2000 2004 1998 |
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Heating Degree Days | 227 162 78 30 2 0 0 0 0 4 73 263 | 837
Cooling Degree Days | 11 18 107 193 453 669 884 852 650 351 89 5 | 4280
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Max Temp >= 90 | 0.1 0.0 4.4 9.0 21.4 28.1 31.0 30.9 27.0 17.6 2.1 0.0 | 171.6
Max Temp >= 75 | 8.3 9.9 20.1 24.9 30.5 30.0 31.0 31.0 30.0 29.2 19.8 5.2 | 269.9
Max Temp <= 32 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.0
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Min Temp <= 32 | 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 | 0.2
Min Temp <= 20 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.0
Min Temp <= 0 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.0
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Avg Dew Point Temp | 29.9 33.1 37.0 39.1 45.3 48.3 56.4 55.4 48.3 39.6 33.7 28.6 | 41.2
Avg Wet Bulb Temp | 46.0 48.1 52.1 54.7 60.7 64.7 70.1 69.3 64.7 56.7 50.6 44.7 | 56.9
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Avg Sea Level Pres | 30.08 30.03 29.94 29.89 29.79 29.76 29.78 29.78 29.77 29.88 30.01 30.09 | 29.90
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WEATHER | Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Year
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Thunderstorms | 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.2 0.5 0.2 1.3 1.8 1.1 1.3 0.7 0.3 | 9.6
Heavy Fog | 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.2
Fog | 1.9 3.3 2.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.8 1.3 | 11.5
Hail | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.0
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PRECIPITATION (In) | Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Year
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Average Monthly | 0.73 0.96 0.35 0.07 0.01 0.00 0.22 0.08 0.06 0.27 0.39 0.57 | 3.72
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Maximum Daily | 1.22 0.91 0.70 0.12 0.04 0.00 0.86 0.25 0.11 1.34 1.28 1.62 | 1.62
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Date of Ext-Day | 27 22 15 21 13 20 29 22 17 30 17 |
-Year| 2008 2004 2003 2001 1998 2008 2000 1999 2005 2007 2008 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
>= 0.01 | 2.2 4.2 1.9 1.2 0.5 0.0 0.9 0.7 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.8 | 16.7
>= 0.10 | 1.5 2.3 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.8 | 7.8
>= 0.25 | 0.9 1.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.6 | 4.7
>= 0.50 | 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.5 | 2.7
>= 1.00 | 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 | 0.6
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WIND (MPH) | Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Year
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Daily Avg Wind Speed| 5.3 5.4 6.7 8.2 8.8 8.2 7.2 6.5 6.7 6.0 5.4 5.0 | 6.6
Daily Avg Max 2-Min | 14.9 16.2 19.3 22.9 23.4 22.7 20.9 19.6 18.9 16.9 14.9 14.5 | 18.8
Daily Avg Peak Gust | 17.9 19.7 23.5 28.0 28.5 27.7 25.3 23.7 22.8 20.5 18.1 17.6 | 22.8
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Maximum Daily Avg | 19.8 14.3 20.5 18.4 22.1 19.9 15.2 12.7 15.9 14.1 15.3 17.9 | 22.1
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Maximum 2-Minute Avg| 43 40 43 41 41 41 36 44 36 41 43 41 | 44
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Date of Max 2min-Day| 21 02 06 09 21 04 17 04 30 04 25 09 |
-Year| 1999 2003 1998 2005 2008 2008 2003 2005 2001 2008 2002 1998 |
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Maximum Peak Gust | 53 55 54 51 52 54 43 54 39 49 48 51 | 55
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Date of Max Gust-Day| 21 03 06 08 21 04 17 04 30 04 25 09 |
-Year| 1999 2008 1998 2008 2008 2008 2003 2005 2001 2008 2002 1998 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Peak Gust >=30 | 3.4 4.2 7.6 13.9 14.5 10.9 6.9 3.4 4.5 3.6 3.1 3.8 | 79.9
Peak Gust >=40 | 0.8 1.0 1.3 2.3 1.6 1.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.5 1.3 | 10.8
Peak Gust >=50 | 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 | 0.9
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Max 2-Minute >=30| 1.4 1.7 2.5 4.2 3.2 2.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.0 | 19.2
Max 2-Minute >=40| 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 | 1.3
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Observations of WEATHER may me innacurate due to early ASOS inconsistancies. Average days
with Thunderstorms may be low due to poor detection.
Heavy Fog = Visibility less than or equal to 1/4 mile.
Fog = Visibility greater than 1/4 mile or less than 7 miles.
Peak Gust = Maximum 5-second average.
Snowfall data not observed at ASOS stations.
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