Palm Desert Weather in October
Average highs run from 96°F on October 1 to 85°F on October 31, and lows from 72°F to 60°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.15 in over about 0 wet days.
October day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
October at a glance
- Average high
- 91°F
- Average low
- 66°F
- Precipitation
- 0.15 in
- Record high
- 117°FOct 1, 2024
- Record low
- 45°FOct 31, 2019
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 20.1
- Daylight
- 11 h 50 min to 10 h 50 min
- Cloud cover
- 25%
- Humidity
- 34%
- Dew point
- 36°F
- Wind
- 6.7 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 96°F | 72°F | 117°F 2024 | 58°F 2023 | 1% |
| Oct 2 | 96°F | 71°F | 111°F 2020 | 56°F 2023 | 1% |
| Oct 3 | 96°F | 71°F | 108°F 2020 | 56°F 2002 | 1% |
| Oct 4 | 95°F | 71°F | 110°F 2024 | 59°F 2002 | 1% |
| Oct 5 | 95°F | 70°F | 115°F 2024 | 51°F 2009 | 1% |
| Oct 6 | 94°F | 70°F | 115°F 2024 | 52°F 2007 | 1% |
| Oct 7 | 94°F | 69°F | 113°F 2024 | 54°F 2009 | 1% |
| Oct 8 | 94°F | 69°F | 109°F 2024 | 54°F 2009 | 1% |
| Oct 9 | 93°F | 69°F | 104°F 2023 | 51°F 2013 | 1% |
| Oct 10 | 93°F | 68°F | 106°F 2024 | 49°F 2013 | 1% |
| Oct 11 | 93°F | 68°F | 103°F 2024 | 53°F 2000 | 1% |
| Oct 12 | 92°F | 68°F | 104°F 1999 | 53°F 2000 | 1% |
| Oct 13 | 92°F | 67°F | 104°F 1999 | 53°F 2000 | 1% |
| Oct 14 | 91°F | 67°F | 107°F 2020 | 56°F 2021 | 1% |
| Oct 15 | 91°F | 66°F | 109°F 2020 | 54°F 2025 | 1% |
| Oct 16 | 91°F | 66°F | 105°F 2020 | 57°F 1998 | 1% |
| Oct 17 | 90°F | 66°F | 105°F 2020 | 56°F 2002 | 1% |
| Oct 18 | 90°F | 65°F | 104°F 2023 | 56°F 1999 | 1% |
| Oct 19 | 89°F | 65°F | 105°F 2023 | 51°F 2021 | 1% |
| Oct 20 | 89°F | 64°F | 108°F 2023 | 56°F 2021 | 1% |
| Oct 21 | 89°F | 64°F | 104°F 2003 | 56°F 2004 | 1% |
| Oct 22 | 88°F | 64°F | 105°F 2003 | 52°F 2004 | 2% |
| Oct 23 | 88°F | 63°F | 104°F 2003 | 53°F 2004 | 2% |
| Oct 24 | 87°F | 63°F | 102°F 2003 | 54°F 2012 | 2% |
| Oct 25 | 87°F | 62°F | 99°F 2017 | 52°F 2022 | 2% |
| Oct 26 | 87°F | 62°F | 99°F 2017 | 54°F 1998 | 2% |
| Oct 27 | 86°F | 61°F | 101°F 2017 | 52°F 2004 | 2% |
| Oct 28 | 86°F | 61°F | 100°F 2017 | 52°F 2004 | 2% |
| Oct 29 | 85°F | 61°F | 96°F 2025 | 46°F 2019 | 2% |
| Oct 30 | 85°F | 60°F | 94°F 2025 | 48°F 2009 | 2% |
| Oct 31 | 85°F | 60°F | 94°F 2015 | 45°F 2019 | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 6:40 AM, sunset 6:30 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:04 AM, sunset 5:54 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00044259 (Indio Fire Stn), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093138, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.