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A humid week ahead in the Coachella Valley means the desert is a candidate for thunderstorms, and those overnight temperatures will stay high and offer little reprieve from the heat.
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Monsoon thunderstorms will rumble over the nearby mountains, but the jury’s still out on whether those storms will make the trip to the valley. Sam Zuber, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said the highest chances for it are on Monday, June 13 afternoon and early evening.
“We aren’t expecting any kind of widespread thunderstorms for the Coachella Valley, but anything that manages to make it off the mountain could be accompanied by some brief, heavy rainfall, some gusty winds, especially if they were higher based storms,” she said.
Zuber said there is a 10% to 30% chance of rain in the valley on Monday, 5% to 10% chance on Tuesday, less than a 10% chance on Wednesday, and then 20% to 25% chance on Thursday and Friday.
The NWS is predicting the potential rain will be light. The warm weather will also continue to be overbearing. Temperatures in the desert usually cool down at night, but won’t this week due to moisture. Zuber said the overnight low temperatures will be abnormally hot in the mid to upper 80s.
“So instead of having the cool down where people can open up their windows, get their homes a little bit colder overnight,” Zuber said. “We’re just not really going to have that with this.”
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She added the valley’s daytime temperatures are about five degrees above normal and nighttime temperatures are about eight to 10 degrees above normal. The humidity will also make a contribution toward making the temperatures feel hotter than they actually are.
In fact, there’s an extreme heat watch in effect from Tuesday morning to Thursday evening in parts of Riverside County, including Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Thousand Palms, Sky Valley, Desert Hot Springs and Desert Edge. The NWS recommends people limit outdoor recreation during the day, drink fluids, stay where there’s air conditioning and out of the sun, and check in on others during that time.
The NWS’ seven-day forecast for Palm Springs predicts highs of about 104 on Monday, 110 on Tuesday, 111 on Wednesday, 107 on Thursday, 103 on Friday and 103 on Saturday. The lows are about 87 on Monday, 91 on Tuesday, 89 on Wednesday, 86 on Thursday and 84 on Friday.
This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Humid week ahead may lead to rain, sustained heat for the Coachella Valley
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Reporting by Ani Gasparyan, Palm Springs Desert Sun / Palm Springs Desert Sun
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This story was originally published July 12, 2026 at 3:53 PM.