Ice dam risk in Cathedral City, CA
Will your roof get ice dams in Cathedral City, CA?
0.0 dam days a winter
Almost never. An ordinary house in Cathedral City sees 0.0 days a winter when an ice dam can form, because snow rarely stays on a roof long enough below freezing.
Cathedral City averages 0 inches of snow a year and about 0 days with snow on the ground. Too little lies on the roof for long. The conditions that make a dam need all three at once: snow, cold at the eave and heat above it.
Do you need to do anything in Cathedral City?
- Nothing for ice dams. If you are buying here and an inspector mentions water at the eaves, ask what they saw: it is far more likely a gutter, flashing or drip-edge problem than ice.
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Cathedral City next to nearby towns
Cathedral City ranks 176 of 376 California cities here for ice-dam days, behind Truckee at 36.3 days.
- Palm Springs, CA 5 mi, 0.0 days
- Rancho Mirage, CA 5 mi, 0.0 days
- Palm Desert, CA 9 mi, 0.0 days
- Desert Hot Springs, CA 10 mi, 0.0 days
- Indio, CA 15 mi, 0.0 days
Where these numbers come from
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from Palm Springs, 2.7 miles from Cathedral City. A dam day is a day with snow on the roof and freezing at the eave while heat or sun melts the snow above it. This describes a normal winter, not this one.
- The nearest weather station sits at a noticeably different elevation from Cathedral City, so the snow figures may run high or low for the town itself.