A rare Easter storm is moving out of Riverside County Monday but cold and chilly conditions will linger, forecasters said.
According to the National Weather Service, some locations were in danger of experiencing flooding Sunday including Riverside, Moreno Valley, southern Corona, western Lake Elsinore, Yucaipa, Hemet, Perris and Highland.
Several record lows were reported in parts of Riverside County for Sunday. It was 54 in Riverside, breaking the record for lowest maximum temperature for the day of 58 set in 1967. It was 49 in Lake Elsinore, breaking the record for the lowest maximum temperature for the day of 50 set in 1917. It was 52 in San Jacinto, breaking the record for lowest maximum temperature for the day of 59 set in 1999. It was 63 in Palm Springs, breaking the record for lowest maximum temperature for the day of 65 set in 1949. It was 62 in Thermal, breaking the record for lowest maximum temperature for the day of 66 set in 1967. It was 63 in Indio, breaking the record for maximum temperature for the day of 69 set in 1967.
Temperatures were below normal this weekend, with highs in the 50s and lower 60s and lows mostly in the 40s, dropping into the 20s in some mountain areas.
Heavy rain fell across the county Saturday, prompting multiple street closures in Menifee, while in Palm Springs, North Indian Canyon Drive was closed due to flooding.
Daytime temperatures for Sunday were high 50s and high 40s at night. By next week, it’s expected to rise to high 70s and low 50s at night, and gusts as high as 20 mph in clear skies. It will be in the 50s in the valley and 60s in the desert, dropping to the 20s in the mountains areas.
Showers and isolated thunderstorms will slowly diminish Sunday night through much of the region, lingering in portions of the mountains through Monday.
Forecasters said another trough will occur later this week and next weekend over Riverside and San Bernardino counties, bringing more cool and breezy weather, with a slight possibility of precipitation by Thursday.