When to plant in Desert Hot Springs, CA
Planting dates worked out from Desert Hot Springs's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.
Frost is rare in Desert Hot Springs: in 19 of the last 23 springs there was none at all. Frost dates matter less here than heat, so the planting table below is left out.
Station used: Palm Springs Asos · 15.5 km away · station 125 m, town 328 m. How we match towns to stations
The station sits 203 m lower than the town, so frost dates here may be off by a week or more. Check them against local experience.
Desert Hot Springs's weather over time
How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.
See the data as a table
| Year | Frost-free days |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 355 |
| 1999 | 363 |
| 2000 | 363 |
| 2001 | 363 |
| 2002 | 363 |
| 2003 | 363 |
| 2004 | 363 |
| 2005 | 363 |
| 2006 | 363 |
| 2007 | 350 |
| 2008 | 363 |
| 2009 | 363 |
| 2010 | 363 |
| 2011 | 329 |
| 2012 | 363 |
| 2013 | 351 |
| 2014 | 363 |
| 2015 | 362 |
| 2016 | 363 |
| 2017 | 363 |
| 2018 | 363 |
| 2019 | 363 |
| 2020 | 363 |
| 2021 | 363 |
| 2022 | 363 |
| 2023 | 363 |
| 2024 | 363 |
See the data as a table
| Year | Growing-season temperature |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 27.7 °C |
| 1999 | 28.1 °C |
| 2000 | 29.9 °C |
| 2001 | 30.1 °C |
| 2002 | 29.6 °C |
| 2003 | 29.4 °C |
| 2004 | 29.4 °C |
| 2005 | 29.3 °C |
| 2006 | 30.3 °C |
| 2007 | 30.1 °C |
| 2008 | 29.9 °C |
| 2009 | 30.0 °C |
| 2010 | 28.9 °C |
| 2011 | 29.0 °C |
| 2012 | 30.5 °C |
| 2013 | 30.1 °C |
| 2014 | 30.6 °C |
| 2015 | 30.1 °C |
| 2016 | 30.1 °C |
| 2017 | 31.0 °C |
| 2018 | 31.4 °C |
| 2019 | 30.0 °C |
| 2020 | 31.4 °C |
| 2021 | 31.6 °C |
| 2022 | 31.6 °C |
| 2023 | 30.0 °C |
| 2024 | 31.7 °C |
What this means for you: This station's record is too short to show a reliable trend yet.
Source: daily records from Palm Springs Asos (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.