City vs city
Cool vs Palm Desert, CA
Cool currently scores 12 points higher overall than Palm Desert, with the largest gap in current air quality.
Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.
Hazard breakdown
Scores describe each city’s reference grid tile, not every property. A missing model is unavailable, not zero risk. Air quality is a current EPA AirNow signal; other factors describe baseline exposure. The overall score blends different hazards and is not a probability of damage. Read the scoring methodology and sources.
Overall
Cool: 37/100 · Palm Desert: 25/100
Cool is 12 points higher.
Flood
Cool: 30/100 · Palm Desert: 42/100
Palm Desert is 12 points higher.
Cool: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Palm Desert: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Cool: 4/100 · Palm Desert: 6/100
Palm Desert is 2 points higher.
Cool: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Palm Desert: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Cool: 2/100 · Palm Desert: 5/100
Palm Desert is 3 points higher.
Cool: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Palm Desert: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Cool: 0/100 · Palm Desert: 0/100
No gap.
Cool: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Palm Desert: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Cool: 1/100 · Palm Desert: 1/100
No gap.
Cool: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Palm Desert: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Cool: Unavailable · Palm Desert: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Cool: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Palm Desert: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Cool: 87/100 · Palm Desert: 68/100
Cool is 19 points higher.
Cool: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Palm Desert: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Current air quality
Cool: 95/100 · Palm Desert: 26/100
Cool is 69 points higher.
Cool: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.
Palm Desert: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.