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We got our first snow flurries on Thursday just NW of Albuquerque. It is that odd kind of snow that bounces when it lands. Not sleet and not ice or the usual snowflakes. This is a dry high desert climate. What do you call that type of snow? It is like those poly/styrofoam balls.
Is this real or fake? My limited knowledge of Arizona geography tells me South Mountain is near Phoenix and only 800 m high; seems highly unlikely it snowed at that elevation.
Well, the mountains near Palm Springs are not in Palm Springs. Palm Springs is down in the Coachella Valley. There is an aerial tram that goes from the valley up almost 6000 feet to the top of Mt. San Jacinto. It takes 10 minutes, and by the time you get up there, you are in a totally different climate zone. I've gotten on that tram when it was 110F in Palm Springs, and it was 65 at the top of the mountain. It is not at all unusual for snow to fall on those mountains; in fact it is totally normal and expected in the winter.
Palm Springs itself typically does NOT get snow. That would be very, very rare.
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