The distance to the California state capital is 419 miles. Hemet elevation is 1,596 feet above sea level. Hemet miscellany . The weather in Hemet is moderate. There are an average 342 days of sunshine each year in this area.
Summers are warm and winters are mild.
The first inhabitants of the area were Cahuilla Indian tribe members. In the early 1800 s, Mission San Luis Rey used the land for cattle ranching and called it Rancho San Jacinto. When the mission system broke down, the land was awarded to Jose Antonio Estudillo in 1842. Hemet, itself, began in 1887 when W.F. Whittier and E.L. Mayberry formed the Lake Hemet Water Company and the Hemet Land Company. Hemet Dam was constructed in the San Jacinto Mountains and finished in 1895.