t's not your imagination: Palm Springs is having a record cold streak. The city, famed as a warm-weather winter getaway, has gone 88 days without temperatures hitting 80 degrees, the National Weather Service said Saturday. And no relief is expected soon.
Since record-keeping began in 1922, the longest Palm Springs had gone without thermometers cracking 80 degrees was during the winter of 1969 to 1970, according to weather service meteorologist Adam Roser. That time, the city went 71 days -- from Nov. 26, 1969, to Feb. 6, 1970 -- sub 80.
"It looks like a record," Roser said of this season. "It's going to be over three months of not hitting 80."
Palm Springs hasn't experienced 80-degree weather since before Thanksgiving. The mercury last reached 80 on Nov. 20. On Dec. 19, the high temperature was 79 degrees. On Jan. 26, the city again hit 79.
And the city hasn't seen 90-degree weather since before Halloween. The most recent high temperature above 90 was on Oct. 28, when it was 92 degrees.
