Ice dam risk in Desert Hot Springs, CA
Will your roof get ice dams in Desert Hot Springs, CA?
0.0 dam days a winter
Almost never. An ordinary house in Desert Hot Springs sees 0.0 days a winter when an ice dam can form, because snow rarely stays on a roof long enough below freezing.
Desert Hot Springs 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 Desert Hot Springs?
- 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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Desert Hot Springs next to nearby towns
Desert Hot Springs ranks 229 of 376 California cities here for ice-dam days, behind Truckee at 36.3 days.
- Cathedral City, CA 10 mi, 0.0 days
- Palm Springs, CA 11 mi, 0.0 days
- Yucca Valley, CA 13 mi, 0.0 days
- Rancho Mirage, CA 15 mi, 0.0 days
- Palm Desert, CA 18 mi, 0.0 days
Where these numbers come from
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from Palm Springs, 9.2 miles from Desert Hot Springs. 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 Desert Hot Springs, so the snow figures may run high or low for the town itself.