CXUS56 KSGX 011012 CLMPSP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO, CA 312 AM PDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE PALM SPRINGS INTL AIRPORT CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 104 03/31/1966 LOW 29 03/13/1956 03/04/1952 HIGHEST 89 03/21 80 9 84 03/11 03/22 LOWEST 47 03/31 51 -4 42 03/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 76.9 80.6 -3.7 72.3 AVG. MINIMUM 51.7 54.4 -2.7 50.3 MEAN 64.3 67.5 -3.2 61.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 4.8 -4.8 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX >= 45 31 31 DAYS MAX >= 120 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.46 1991 MINIMUM 0.00 2017 TOTALS 0.42 0.51 -0.09 1.62 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.02 -0.01 0.05 DAYS >= .01 5 1.9 3.1 6 DAYS >= .10 2 0.9 1.1 4 DAYS >= .50 0 0.3 -0.3 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= %-5.2F 0 0 DAYS >= %-5.2F 0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.14 03/15 TO 03/15 0.71 03/01 TO 03/01 03/31 TO 03/31 STORM TOTAL 0.14 0.71 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 56 54 2 127 SINCE 7/1 558 686 -128 MM COOLING TOTAL 41 132 -91 21 SINCE 1/1 64 183 -119 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/24/1951 LATEST 03/13/1956 EARLIEST MM LATEST MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/340 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/350 DATE 03/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/140 DATE 03/02 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.17 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 45 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$