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Homes in Cathedral City
Cathedral City's 22,599 homes are a mix: 56% detached houses, 22% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 10% townhouses and other attached houses.
The 1980s and 1990s built 49% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 26% are older than that and 25% newer. The median home dates from 1988. 66% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Its housing is much like Palm Desert's, 9 miles away. Nationally, Cathedral City's homes are newer than those in 78% of the 881 US cities we have census figures for.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Estimates carry margins of error.
Manufactured homes
11% of homes are mobile or manufactured homes, whose windows usually sit in thin walls with little depth inside the opening. An outside mount on a frame is the reliable choice there, fixed into the framing around the window rather than the thin wall panel.
Rounded drywall corners
74% of homes here were built from 1980 on, and many houses of that era have rounded ("bullnose") drywall corners around the windows instead of square returns. A shutter can't sit flat against a curve: choose an outside mount with a frame that clears the corner, or an inside mount if the flat part of the opening is deep enough for your louvers.
Cathedral City weather and your shutters
At Palm Springs Rgnl AP, CA (2 mi away), July averages a high of 108.6°F and December a low of 46.2°F. Average highs reach 85°F from April to October.
About 177 days a year reach 90°F, 0 nights fall to freezing and 4.5 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around January and least in May.
That's more 90°F days than in 99% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 24 min on the longest day to 9 h 54 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 80° above the horizon in June and 33° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Palm Springs Rgnl AP, CA (temperature) and Palm Springs Rgnl AP, CA (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 70.5°F | 47.6°F | 1.1 in |
| Feb | 73.7°F | 49.7°F | 1.1 in |
| Mar | 80.6°F | 54.4°F | 0.5 in |
| Apr | 86.7°F | 59.1°F | 0.1 in |
| May | 94.7°F | 65.9°F | 0 in |
| Jun | 103.6°F | 72.7°F | 0 in |
| Jul | 108.6°F | 79.4°F | 0.3 in |
| Aug | 108.1°F | 79.8°F | 0.1 in |
| Sep | 101.8°F | 74.4°F | 0.2 in |
| Oct | 91.1°F | 64.5°F | 0.2 in |
| Nov | 78.7°F | 53.4°F | 0.2 in |
| Dec | 69.2°F | 46.2°F | 0.7 in |
Dry air
Only 4.5 inches of precipitation a year, and days and nights about 27°F apart. Dry air pulls moisture out of wood, so poplar louvers can shrink very slightly through their first dry season; that's normal for real wood.
Months of hard sun
With 177 days a year above 90°F, sun on the window is the main thing shutters do here. Closed louvers stop direct sun before it reaches the room; angled up, they still let light bounce off the ceiling. On south and west windows, white and light finishes stay cooler and show fading less than dark stains; keep stains for windows out of the afternoon sun.
Fitting them in Cathedral City
Shutter Boys shutters are made for you to fit yourself: an inside or outside mount takes a drill, a level and our step-by-step guide. If you'd rather hire someone, a finish carpenter or blinds installer can fit them; ask on your quote and we'll tell you if we know one near you. You arrange and pay the installer directly.
Near Cathedral City
- Palm Desert 9 mi
- Indio 15 mi
- Beaumont 29 mi
- San Jacinto 30 mi
- Hemet 32 mi
- Yucaipa 36 mi
More about shutters in Cathedral City
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Cathedral City’s own figures.
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