Palm Springs reached a high temperature of 107° on Saturday. This is just a couple degrees away from the average high temperature of 109°. Even though we were slightly below average, the humidity made it feel much warmer. A trough of low pressure off the coast will bring drier air to Southern California. This is
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The average high temperature this time of year is 109°. Highs reached 107° in Palm Springs Friday and are expected to be similar for Saturday. Monsoonal moisture will again bring chances for isolated thunderstorms to the region. Mountain and high desert communities will have the highest chance to see activity for the afternoon and evening
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Stitches for Kids is a group formed from the Indio Senior Center that gets together and makes quilts to donate to children who are in need of a little comfort. “The idea was to make cuddle quilts for these children in crisis situations,” said Beth Irish, a member with Stitches for Kids. They were founded
Continue Reading Monsoonal moisture will decrease Friday and Saturday, decreasing the chance for afternoon thunderstorm development. Isolated chances for showers and thunderstorms remain. Another push of moisture joins the region Sunday through Monday. Friday, rain chances are mostly going to be far to the east of the region. Saturday, there will be a slight chance for showers
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Kathy Diamond and her husband Gary are retired and living in the Coachella Valley. They volunteer at different organizations every week. Together, they volunteer with Well in the Desert to help serve food to those in need in the community. “Coming here for me is the highlight of my week,” said Mrs. Diamond. They have
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On Halloween, Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert hosted a FREE Drive-Thru Trick-or-Treat event for kids and families. This event was their 6th anniversary of “Boo!seum at the Museum extravaganza.” The event was held from 9:30-11:30 a.m. in the museums parking lot. The first 200 cars got an activity bucket and each kid got a
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Monday, the high temperature in Palm Springs reached 113°. The average this time of year is 109°. Temperatures will hover slightly above average through Wednesday with some lowering Thursday through the weekend. Monsoonal moisture is something that will carry on through the workweek. A ridge of high pressure centered near the four corners is pulling
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Thunderstorms were tracked Sunday morning through the Coachella Valley and surrounding mountains. As of early Sunday, most valley locations have seen just below 0.10″. Cathedral City recorded more at 0.32″. The last time Palm Springs recorded measurable rainfall was June 23 of 0.03″. Monsoonal moisture is pulling in from the south with a ridge of
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Records were broken Saturday. Palm Springs broke both the record high temperature and the highest minimum temperature! The new record high for July 10th is 120°. The heat sticks around for the remainder of the weekend. High pressure lingers over California and Nevada, keeping the heat in place. The record for Palm Springs on Sunday
Continue Reading It was a hot Friday with a high temperature hitting 117° in Palm Springs. The average for this time of year is 109°. The heat is increasing for Saturday. A ridge of high pressure will keep the heat in place this weekend. Record high temperatures will be possible across much of California, including the Coachella
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The summertime heat in the Coachella Valley is brutal for many, especially people experiencing homelessness. Cooling centers open in the summer for people to find relief. Tuesday, July 6th, a 24-hour cooling center will be available to people in the community at United Methodist Church of Palm Springs (1555 E. Alejo Rd.). This cooling center
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The holiday weekend for July 4th was filled with a lot of travel, fireworks, and local events. California Highway Patrol is also pushing its holiday weekend efforts by continuing its maximum enforcement period. It’s set to end at 11:59 pm Monday. During this period officers are expected to take the streets for targeted patrols. During
Continue Reading A strong ridge of high pressure is over the Pacific Northwest Sunday. This ridge is bringing record heat to those areas. For Southern California, there will still be significant warming compared to average. The average this time of year is 107°. KESQ Weather Temperatures will be 10°+ above average in the Coachella Valley through Monday.
Continue Reading Friday, temperatures settled just above the average of 106°. Palm Springs hit a high temperature of 108°. Saturday and Sunday, temperatures will be warming up. A ridge of high pressure centered over the Pacific Northwest is building Saturday and will bring extreme heat Sunday and Monday. For areas in the Pacific Northwest, they are going
Continue Reading Low pressure along the west coast will weaken as a large ridge of high pressure builds over the Pacific Northwest this weekend. Temperatures there will be breaking all time record highs. Here in Southern California, temperatures will still be hot, but we are not looking at records breaking. KESQ Weather We have seen a couple
Continue Reading High pressure building to the north will bring warming and drying through the weekend. Temperatures Wednesday reached 100°, below average with all the cloud cover and light showers. Thursday, temperatures will be closer to the average of 106° and sunny skies prevail. KESQ We tracked some showers and isolated thunderstorms Wednesday and Palm Springs recorded
Continue Reading The high temperature in Palm Springs reached 103° which is two degrees shy of the average for the day. Wednesday, temperatures will be very similar as moisture and cloud cover sticks around. The surface Tuesday was dry and any rain seen on radar was likely evaporating before reaching the ground. Today, the chances to see
Continue Reading Palm Springs hit a high temperature of 112° Monday. This was improvement compared to the record breaking heat experienced last week. We are continuing to track a downward temperature trend through the middle of the week. The ridge of high pressure that brought the excessive heat is moving southeast, for now. A weak trough of
Continue Reading Palm Springs broke record high temperatures Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Sunday was still hot with a high temperature reaching 118° but not record breaking. The ridge of high pressure that brought the excessive heat last week is now pushing south. A weak trough of low pressure in the northwest will help to spread some cooling
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June 15th is the big day where many coronavirus restrictions lift and with extreme heat through the week ahead, many are escaping indoors. “Just understand what the heat does out here,” said Captain Nathan Gunkel with the Palm Springs Fire Department. News Channel 3’s Taban Sharifi went to a park and tested out how hot
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