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I live on the high desert of California. We are at about 2,400 feet and we have a desert climate by category, as we get very little rain. The average is about 7 inches a year. But do to the altitude and the fact that we are surrounded by mountains and less than 100 miles from the ocean we have had as much as 6-8 inches of snow each year. We can get as hot as 115 in the summer and as cold as 2-3 degrees below zero.
Now, contrast that with the Palm Springs area of mid-eastern California, also a desert but the low desert. The temps there are normally 10 degrees higher, daily, year round. It is simply a factor of its altitude. It is surrounded by mountains but 200 miles from the ocean. It is interesting that the geography and higher temps have brought in older residents, and facilitated a lot of golf courses being built. With all of the new residents and gambling casino’s the number of pools and man made lakes has pushed the humidity up about 7- 10 percent over the last 20 years. That alone has factored into them now getting a great deal of summer time thunder storms, much like the south, in the late summer months, late in the day.
I hope this helps.
High altitudes (mountains) are colder than low altitudes.
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