History: Stormy weather in the dry desert over the decades
Weather in the desert seems mostly a dry subject. The usual history of Palm Springs mostly starts in a dry spell at the end of the 19th century wh...
Weather in the desert seems mostly a dry subject. The usual history of Palm Springs mostly starts in a dry spell at the end of the 19th century when the little sprouting village planted by John McCallum at the base of Mt. San Jacinto desiccated and nearly perished despite all his efforts to bring water from Tahquitz Canyon and Whitewater via extensive flumes. The drought lasted some 11 years when the aptly named Weather Bureau noted in 1901 a dying tropical cyclone brought 'two inches of rain to the mountains and deserts of Southern California' ending the dry spell that nearly ended Palm Springs itself.