It’s warming up again in the Coachella Valley, with triple-digit temperatures forecast for the end of the week and into the next — far hotter than normal this time of year.
The valley had a brisk and windy Monday, May 4 and Tuesday, May 5. It was predicted to still be relatively temperate on Wednesday, May 6, with the National Weather Service’s predicting a high around 90 in Palm Springs. That’s a normal high for early May.
But Sam Zuber, a NWS meteorologist, said high pressure moving into the area is going to raise temperatures even more from there on.
“We’re looking to peak with the heat probably Sunday, Monday but it’s probably going to linger around into at least Tuesday,” she said.
It’ll be about 100 on Thursday, May 7, 102 on Friday, 103 on Saturday and 105 on Sunday, according to the NWS forecast. Monday, May 11, and Tuesday, May 12, will be even hotter, with highs currently predicted at 108 and 107 respectively.
That’s about 15 to 17 degrees above normal, Zuber said. She added that it’ll also be hot in the nearby mountains, which are typically cooler than the desert. Light rainfall there played a hand in the valley’s cooler temperatures at the start of the week.
“So even if you’re trying to escape to the mountains to get away from the heat, it is also going to be very hot up that way as well,” Zuber said.
Even the nights won’t be all that cool in the valley: The lowest temperatures in the next seven days are forecast to range from the high 60s to high 70s.
This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Palm Springs to see highs over 100 this week. See weather forecast
Reporting by Ani Gasparyan, Palm Springs Desert Sun / Palm Springs Desert Sun
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