Indio, California

==Geography==
[[File:Coachella Valley.jpg|thumb|Aerial shot of the Coachella Valley]]

Indio is located at {{Coord|33|43|12|N|116|13|55|W|type:city}} (33.719871, −116.231889).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|75.6|km2|sqmi|0|sp=us}}, 99.97% of which is land and 0.03% is water.

The telephone area code is 760. The city's [[ZIP code]]s are 92201 and 92203 north of [[Interstate 10 (California)|Interstate 10]]. About {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} north and east of Indio is the [[San Andreas Fault]], a major [[tectonic plate]] boundary of the Pacific and North American plates.

Indio is home of Riverside County's eastern administration offices. Palm Springs had more people from 1955 to 1992, when the US census announced that Indio surpassed Palm Springs and that title was returned to them. The official elevation of Indio is below sea level; the city hall is {{convert|14|ft|m|0}} below sea level, as the eastern half of the Coachella Valley drops as low as {{convert|150|ft|m|-1}} below sea level (the lakeshore of the [[Salton Sea]] is {{convert|15|mi|km|0}} south of Indio).

===Climate===
The climate of the Coachella Valley is influenced by the surrounding geography. High mountain ranges on three sides contribute to its unique and year-round warm climate, with some of warmest winters west of the Rocky Mountains. Indio has a warm winter/hot summer desert climate ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: [[hot desert climate|BWh]]): Its average annual high temperature is {{convert|89.5|°F|°C|abbr=on}} and average annual low is {{convert|62.1|°F|°C|abbr=on}} but summer highs above {{convert|108|°F|°C|abbr=on}} are common and sometimes exceed {{convert|120|°F|°C|abbr=on}}, while summer night lows often stay above {{convert|82|°F|°C|abbr=on}}. Monsoon related thunderstorms can occur in the summer months. In September 1939, a thunderstorm from the remains of a tropical storm, brought more than 6" of rain in less than 24 hours.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} Winters are warm with daytime highs often between {{convert|68|-|86|°F|°C}}. Under {{convert|4|in|mm}} of annual precipitation are average, with over 348 days of sunshine per year. The hottest temperature ever recorded there was {{convert|125|°F|°C|abbr=on}} on July 6, 1905.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ca4259 | title=Indio Fire Station, California – Climate Summary}}</ref> The mean annual temperature is {{convert|75.8|°F|°C|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USC00044259.normals.txt |title=Temperature data |website=www1.ncdc.noaa.gov |access-date=September 26, 2019}}</ref>

{{Weather box|location = Indio, California, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1894–present
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F =  97
|Feb record high F = 100
|Mar record high F = 104
|Apr record high F = 110
|May record high F = 121
|Jun record high F = 123
|Jul record high F = 125
|Aug record high F = 121
|Sep record high F = 122
|Oct record high F = 115
|Nov record high F = 101
|Dec record high F =  96
|year record high F =125
|Jan avg record high F =  82.2
|Feb avg record high F = 86.0
|Mar avg record high F = 93.1
|Apr avg record high F = 101.1
|May avg record high F = 105.7
|Jun avg record high F = 112.9
|Jul avg record high F = 115.5
|Aug avg record high F = 115.1
|Sep avg record high F = 111.7
|Oct avg record high F = 103.0
|Nov avg record high F = 91.7
|Dec avg record high F =  80.5
|year avg record high F = 117.4
|Jan high F =  70.3
|Feb high F =  73.3
|Mar high F =  79.9
|Apr high F =  85.8
|May high F =  93.1
|Jun high F = 101.7	
|Jul high F = 105.8
|Aug high F = 105.2
|Sep high F = 100.8
|Oct high F =  90.5
|Nov high F =  78.0
|Dec high F =  68.8
|year high F = 87.8
|Jan mean F = 58.6
|Feb mean F = 62.2
|Mar mean F = 68.5
|Apr mean F = 74.5
|May mean F = 81.2
|Jun mean F = 89.2
|Jul mean F = 94.1
|Aug mean F = 93.8
|Sep mean F = 88.7
|Oct mean F = 78.1
|Nov mean F = 65.5
|Dec mean F = 57.0
|year mean F = 76.0
|Jan low F = 46.8
|Feb low F = 51.0
|Mar low F = 57.2
|Apr low F = 63.1	
|May low F = 69.3
|Jun low F = 76.6
|Jul low F = 82.5
|Aug low F = 82.5
|Sep low F = 76.5
|Oct low F = 65.8
|Nov low F = 53.0
|Dec low F = 45.3
|year low F = 64.1
|Jan avg record low F = 36.1
|Feb avg record low F = 39.3
|Mar avg record low F = 44.3
|Apr avg record low F = 52.0
|May avg record low F = 58.3
|Jun avg record low F = 64.4
|Jul avg record low F = 72.9
|Aug avg record low F = 73.0
|Sep avg record low F = 65.6
|Oct avg record low F = 53.7
|Nov avg record low F = 41.1
|Dec avg record low F = 34.7
|year avg record low F = 33.6
|Jan record low F = 13
|Feb record low F = 20
|Mar record low F = 25
|Apr record low F = 33
|May record low F = 38
|Jun record low F = 45
|Jul record low F = 59
|Aug record low F = 56
|Sep record low F = 46
|Oct record low F = 31
|Nov record low F = 23
|Dec record low F = 17
|year record low F =13
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.65
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.59
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.32
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.07
|May precipitation inch = 0.02
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.00
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.05
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.26
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.13
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.15
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.19
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.49
|year precipitation inch = 2.92
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 2.5
|Feb precipitation days = 1.8
|Mar precipitation days = 1.2
|Apr precipitation days = 0.3
|May precipitation days = 0.1
|Jun precipitation days = 0
|Jul precipitation days = 0.6
|Aug precipitation days = 0.4
|Sep precipitation days = 0.5
|Oct precipitation days = 0.3
|Nov precipitation days = 0.8
|Dec precipitation days = 2.0
|year precipitation days = 
|source 1 = NOAA<ref>{{cite web | title=NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data
| url=https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=sgx | publisher=NOAA| access-date=June 11, 2022}}</ref>
|date=July 2011
}}

=== Nature and wildlife ===
Indio is in the [[Colorado Desert]] region of the [[Sonoran Desert]]. It is adjacent to the geologic [[Salton Sink]] and within the site of historic [[Lake Cahuilla]] of the [[Lower Colorado River Valley]]. Indio is an official National Bird Sanctuary, because of the seasonal bird migration flight routes that cross the town en route to the [[Salton Sea]].
* [[:Category:Geography of the Colorado Desert|Geography of the Colorado Desert]]
* [[:Category:Fauna of the Colorado Desert|Fauna of the Colorado Desert]]
* [[List of Sonoran Desert wildflowers|Sonoran Desert wildflowers]]