It's not as loaded as some of it's predecessors like illegal alien or wetback. But it still is a loaded term. And when we talk about drivers who violate the driving laws, we don't talk about illegal drivers. We talk about children who work in violation of the child labor laws.
Tulare County, California, gets 8 inches of rain per year. The US average is 39. Snowfall is 0 inches. The average US city gets 26 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 24. On average, there are 270 sunny days per year in Tulare County, California. The July high is around 97 degrees. The January low is 37. Sperling's comfort index for Tulare County is a 77 out of 100, where a higher score indicates a more comfortable year-around climate.
In the past 30 years, Palm Springs average rainfall is about 5.5 inches. This small amount of rain annually in Palm Springs California is about 85% less than the USA average, and 75% less than the average in California. Rainfall total in Palm Springs year-to-date in 2016 is above normal with 2.1 inches through January. In 2015, total rain in Palm Springs was 2.3 inches. In 2014 rainfall total was 1.71 inches in the Palm Springs area for calendar year January to December 2014. In prior years, 2012-2013, rain in the Palm Springs and Palm Desert CA area also measured less than 2 inches total each year.