White Christmas

Will Desert Hot Springs, CA have a white Christmas?

Desert Hot Springs, California had snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 4 of the 26 Christmases measured from 1996 to 2025. The last white Christmas there was in 2016.

Measured at Idyllwild Fire Dept, 18 miles southwest of Desert Hot Springs. That station is far enough from Desert Hot Springs, or high or low enough, that this is its own record rather than a call for the town. A white Christmas is an inch or more of snow on the ground at the Christmas morning reading, the line NOAA uses, counted from the station's own daily record.

The forecast for Christmas morning in Desert Hot Springs starts on this page on December 18.

White Christmas near Desert Hot Springs

• Garnet, CA
• Desert Edge, CA
• Morongo Valley, CA
• Palm Springs, CA

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