Desert Center weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Desert Center, California: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Hayfield Pumping Plant, 25 km from Desert Center; records cover 1933–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 4.6 in117 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Feb 24
- First fall freeze
- Nov 30
- Heating degree days
- 1,415
- Cooling degree days
- 3,477
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 27°−3° (heating, 99%) and 113°45° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Desert Center in January
Highs average 67°19° and lows 39°4°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1971)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 366
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Desert Center in February
Highs average 70°21° and lows 41°5°, with 0.75 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2026)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 261
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Desert Center in March
Highs average 77°25° and lows 46°8°, with 0.46 in12 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 107°42° (2026)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 148
- Cooling degree days
- 39
Desert Center in April
Highs average 83°29° and lows 51°11°, with 0.14 in3.6 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1989)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 52
- Cooling degree days
- 121
Desert Center in May
Highs average 92°33° and lows 60°15°, with 0.1 in2.5 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1934)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 336
Desert Center in June
Highs average 101°38° and lows 67°20°, with 0 in0 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 120°49° (2021)
- Record low
- 44°7° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 573
Desert Center in July
Highs average 106°41° and lows 76°24°, with 0.21 in5.3 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 121°49° (2024)
- Record low
- 56°13° (1987)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 790
Desert Center in August
Highs average 105°41° and lows 76°24°, with 0.37 in9.4 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 118°48° (1933)
- Record low
- 53°12° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 787
Desert Center in September
Highs average 100°38° and lows 68°20°, with 0.5 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 120°49° (1950)
- Record low
- 46°8° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 560
Desert Center in OctoberThis month
Highs average 88°31° and lows 56°13°, with 0.25 in6.4 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 112°44° (2024)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 234
Desert Center in November
Highs average 76°24° and lows 45°7°, with 0.18 in4.6 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2008)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 172
- Cooling degree days
- 31
Desert Center in December
Highs average 66°19° and lows 39°4°, with 0.66 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2025)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 390
- Cooling degree days
- 1