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Cahuilla Hills, California

Coordinates: 33°41′17″N 116°24′58″W / 33.688°N 116.416°W / 33.688; -116.416
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Cahuilla Hills
Cahuilla Hills is located in California
Cahuilla Hills
Cahuilla Hills
Location in California
Cahuilla Hills is located in the United States
Cahuilla Hills
Cahuilla Hills
Cahuilla Hills (the United States)
Coordinates: 33°41′17″N 116°24′58″W / 33.688°N 116.416°W / 33.688; -116.416
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyRiverside County
Elevation932 ft (284 m)

Cahuilla Hills is an unincorporated community in the Coachella Valley of Riverside County, California.[1] It lies at an elevation of 932 feet (284 m) in the foothills of the Santa Rosa Mountains.[1] Cahuilla Hills is located 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of the civic center of Palm Desert.[2]

Climate

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Climate data for Boyd Deep Canyon Ctr elev. 980 feet (298.7 m) (3.78 mi away) 1981–2010
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 69.6
(20.9)
72.0
(22.2)
77.5
(25.3)
84.6
(29.2)
92.5
(33.6)
100.8
(38.2)
104.4
(40.2)
104.0
(40.0)
99.1
(37.3)
88.7
(31.5)
77.0
(25.0)
68.5
(20.3)
86.6
(30.3)
Daily mean °F (°C) 60.4
(15.8)
62.6
(17.0)
66.8
(19.3)
72.6
(22.6)
79.4
(26.3)
86.9
(30.5)
91.5
(33.1)
91.8
(33.2)
87.5
(30.8)
78.4
(25.8)
67.5
(19.7)
59.4
(15.2)
75.4
(24.1)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 51.1
(10.6)
53.1
(11.7)
56.1
(13.4)
60.6
(15.9)
66.2
(19.0)
73.0
(22.8)
78.6
(25.9)
79.5
(26.4)
75.9
(24.4)
68.0
(20.0)
57.9
(14.4)
50.2
(10.1)
64.2
(17.9)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 0.86
(22)
0.86
(22)
0.56
(14)
0.16
(4.1)
0.07
(1.8)
0.02
(0.51)
0.44
(11)
0.59
(15)
0.53
(13)
0.24
(6.1)
0.44
(11)
0.69
(18)
5.52
(140)
Source: deepcanyon.ucnrs.org[3]


References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cahuilla Hills, California
  2. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1400. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ University of California. "Weather Data at Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center". University of California; Temperatures normalized for period from 1981-2010. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2012.