Climate - Palmdale (California)

The climate of Palmdale is sub-tropical desert, with mild, relatively rainy winters and very hot, sunny summers.
The city is located north of Los Angeles, 800 meters (2,600 ft) above sea level, in Antelope Valley, a plateau belonging to the Mojave desert. Near the city, at the base of the San Gabriel mountains, there is the San Andreas fault.
In winter, there are mild periods, in which the maximum temperature exceeds 20 °C (68 °F), but also cold periods, in which the night temperature drops a few degrees below freezing. On the coldest nights of the year, the temperature generally drops to -5/-7 °C (19/23 °F), and sometimes even below. In January 2007, it dropped to -12 °C (10.5 °F). Sometimes it can even snow.
Summer is very hot, and the maximum temperature can reach and exceed 40 °C (104 °F), but luckily the air is dry, moreover, in the afternoon, the breeze blows from the mountains, and at night, the temperature drops a lot.
The average temperature of the coldest months (January, December) is of 8 °C (46 °F), that of the warmest month (July) is of 27.5 °C (82 °F). Here are the average temperatures.

Precipitation amounts to 190 millimeters (7.5 inches) per year: it is therefore at a desert level. It ranges from around 5 mm (0.2 in) in the driest period (May to October) to 45 mm (1.8 in) in the wettest month (February). Here is the average precipitation.

Best Time

The best times in Palmdale are spring and autumn, in particular, you can choose the months of April and October.

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