Palm Springs International Airport

KPSP · California, United States

Climate Palm Springs International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Palm Springs International Airport (KPSP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.1 96 96 100 98 100
February 97.6 93 99 99 100 100
March 99.1 99 98 100 99 97
April 99.5 98 100 100 99
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.1 100 97 100 98
July 97.9 94 100 96 98
August 99.2 97 99 100 100
September 99.0 97 100 99 99
October 99.3 99 97 100 100
November 99.4 99 99 100 100
December 98.1 98 96 98 100
Average 98.5 95.9 97.7 98.9 99.2 99.1

19th best VFR conditions of United States

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.3 97 100 100 99 100
February 98.9 98 100 100 100 100
March 99.6 99 99 100 99 99
April 99.6 98 100 100 100
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.4 100 99 100 98
July 98.6 97 100 96 98
August 99.4 97 100 100 100
September 99.3 99 100 99 99
October 99.6 99 99 100 100
November 99.6 99 100 100 100
December 99.0 99 97 99 100
Average 99.1 98.0 98.8 99.5 99.3 99.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 21.2 21 19 23 22 22
February 22.6 21 21 24 25 25
March 25.8 25 23 29 25 24
April 32.0 32 32 33 30
May 34.7 34 36 36 38
June 40.4 36 41 43 40
July 43.5 45 43 43 44
August 42.8 42 42 42 44
September 39.0 38 39 40 42
October 33.1 34 33 31 36
November 26.7 26 23 30 28
December 21.3 23 19 21 22
Average 30.8 22.4 31.0 32.4 32.5 32.7

2nd highest temperature of United States

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.5 9 9 11 10 9
February 10.4 11 9 11 12 10
March 12.4 12 11 14 11 12
April 17.2 17 17 17 17
May 19.4 19 20 20 21
June 23.8 21 25 26 22
July 28.0 29 29 27 25
August 28.2 28 30 26 29
September 24.6 24 26 25 26
October 19.4 20 21 17 21
November 13.7 13 11 16 13
December 9.4 10 7 10 9
Average 17.1 10.3 17.5 18.9 18.1 17.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.2 3 5 0 8 0
February 2.6 6 3 0 0 0
March 2.2 4 5 0 1 5
April 0.7 0 0 0 6
May 0.2 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 1 0
July 0.3 0 0 1 0
August 0.7 4 0 0 0
September 0.4 0 2 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.9 1 2 0 0
December 3.4 1 4 7 1
Average 1.7 4.4 1.6 0.5 1.3 0.9

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.0 4 5 4 4 4
February 4.9 4 6 6 5 6
March 5.7 6 5 6 6 5
April 6.3 6 6 7 6
May 7.2 8 8 7 6
June 6.1 8 6 6 6
July 5.1 6 5 5 5
August 5.1 6 6 5 5
September 5.0 5 5 5 4
October 4.8 5 5 5 5
November 4.4 5 5 5 4
December 3.7 3 3 4 4
Average 5.2 4.9 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.0

2nd highest wind speed of United States

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 013° 002° 329° 347° 063°
February 338° 360° 005° 337° 042°
March 340° 318° 360° 346° 336°
April 327° 326° 330° 327°
May 327° 324° 342° 330°
June 323° 360° 002° 336°
July 011° 057° 097° 001°
August 326° 100° 063° 083°
September 325° 077° 001° 105°
October 326° 050° 334° 021°
November 002° 019° 023° 063°
December 030° 318° 346° 025°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.