Current Conditions

Mild
clear
updated: 1:20:00 pm PST
82 °F Warmer 0.9°F than last hour.
Feels Like: 80.3°F
This time yesterday: 86°F
High:  83 °F  (1:10 PM)
Low:   52 °F    (6:49 AM)

*Record high: 89° in 2021
(Palm Springs Airport)*

Yesterday's High: 87 °F  (1:37 PM)
Yesterday's Low: 52 °F  (5:56 AM)
Solar: 552 wm    /    Solar Percent: 100 %    /    Hours of daylight: 10:09
17 % 2.6% less humid than an hour ago.
24 hour difference 3%
High: 56 %  (6:14 AM)
Low:  16 %  (12:41 PM)
33 °F  -1.9° difference than an hour ago.
24 Hour difference 2°F
High: 45 °F  (9:32 AM)
Low: 31 °F  (12:43 PM)
Wind from SW
2
Gust: 2.0 mph
10 minute average: 1.5 mph
Top Gust: 6.0 mph (2:13 AM)
Top Gust last hour: 4 mph SSW
Wind Run:  miles
29.93 in.Rate per hour: 0.03in.
Falling
24 Hour difference -0.10
High: 30.07 in. (8:55 AM)
Low: 29.94 in. (1:19 PM)
Rate 0.000 inches per hour
Max rate today: 0.000 (00:00 AM)
Last rain: 1/1/2026 (13 days ago)
Rain Today: 0.00 in.
Yesterday: 0.00  in.
Storm Rain: 0.00 in.
January: 0.64 in.
Calendar Year Rain: 0.64 in.
Water Year: 2.54  in.  (Oct.'25 - Sept.'26)
Cloud Height:  feet
Live data above is from sensors installed in Thousand Palms.
Rain data verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
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20 Years
UV forecast for Jan 15 is  2.7   Low 

warnings updsated: Thursday, January 15, 2026, 1:18 pm PST

 

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Current needs: Anemometer, starting to give false direction readings($240)

 

 

Rain Climatology

Rainfall data: Thousand Palms, CA(DesertWeather.com) / Climate data: DesertWeather.com - Averaged data, last 25 years. Archived gauges displayed HERE.

January 1-15

Observed Rainfall: 0.64 in.
Normal Rain for January 1-15: 0.38 in.

Departure from Normal: above  0.26 in.
Jan 1 to January 15, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.64 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Jan 15, 2026: 0.38 in.

Departure from Normal: above  0.26 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.54 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Jan 15, 2026: 1.58 in.

Departure from Normal: above  0.96 in.

 

 

 

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Almanac

Almanac information is for the Palm Springs Airport and is provide by the National Weather Service

Temperature *Normal *Record                           sun/moon graph
High 71 ° 89 °
 ( 2021 )		 Sunrise:
6:49am 		Sunset:
4:59pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 13%
Low 48 ° 25 °
 ( 1964 )		   Moonrise:
4:36am 		Moonset:
 2:08pm 		 
       
Fire Danger

 

 

MicroCool   

"To Fog or Not"

 

With the help of MicroCool we've come up with a simple way for you to determine if turning on your fog / mister system will cool the air around you effectively.

Fogging Effectiveness

(This guide generally will work for evaporative coolers also)

 

Current Temperature: 82.7 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 23.7 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 59.0 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 20.1 °F
Current Dew Point: 33.4 °F Cooler Temperature Output 62.6 °F
Current Humidity: 17 %

 


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