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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
88
°F
Colder 1.8°F than last hour.
Mild — clear
Feels like 88.2°F  ·  This time yesterday: 92°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -5.9°F
87.3° 93.2°
2hr ago 60m Now
105
Today’s High
4:25 PM
105°
Yesterday’s High
4:41 PM
80
Today’s Low
6:48 AM
84°
Yesterday’s Low
6:45 AM
Updated: 10:06:00 pm PDT
Humidity
44 %
24h diff 5%
Hi 48% 6:42 AM
Lo 17% 4:20 PM
Dew Point
63 °F
24h diff -1°F
Hi 66° 10:45 AM
Lo 51° 4:41 PM
Wind
NW10 mph
Gust 5.0 mph
Top gust 24.2 mph (9:01 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
5904 ft
10m avg 10.9 mph
Hour top gust 21 mph W
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.62 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.09
Hi 29.75 8:19 AM
Lo 29.58 5:05 PM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 12:26 hr
High Solar 858 wm
Max Temp for this Date
112 °F
2021 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
66 °F
2005 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
92 °F
-4° vs now
Record high (this date)
115 °F
1971 · (Palm Springs Airport)
Rain today
0.00 in
Rate: 0.000 in/hr
Yesterday
0.00  in
Storm: 0.00 in
September
0.07 in
Last rain: 9/6/2026
Cal year
1.05 in
6 days since rain
Water year
2.96 in
Oct.’25 – Sep.’26
Max rain rate: 0.000 (00:00 AM)
CWOP: CW2285  ·  WU: KCATHOUS8
NWS verified rain gauge
8.9 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Sep 14
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F87.4
▼ Last hour: -1.8 °F
87.4°96.3°
3hr ago90mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg63.0
▲ Last hour: +1.0 °F
57.4°63.0°
3hr ago90mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg12.1
▲ Last hour: +0.6 mph
0.010.6
3hr ago90mNow
Wind Gust mph18.0
● Last hour: +0.0 mph
0.024.0
3hr ago90mNow
Humidity %5m avg44
▲ Last hour: +4 %
2844
3hr ago90mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.62
▲ Last hour: +0.02 inHg
29.5829.62
3hr ago90mNow
Solar W/m²0
● Last hour: +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● Last hour: +0.00 in
3hr ago90mNow

 

warnings updated: Sunday, September 13, 2026, 10:03 pm PDT

 

Rainy Day, September 6th

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Sunset, September 5th

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Summer Moisture / Monsoon Watch. Hourly Forecast for Select Locations

Forecast Source: National Weather Service

Forecast generated: Sun Sep 13, 5:18 PM PDT     Last checked: Sun Sep 13, 6:00 PM PDT
Temperature, °F
Temperature, °F chart.
Dew point, °F
Dew point, °F chart.

 

 

Record Watch

Data: NWS - Palm Springs (KPSP)

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

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

September 1-13

Observed Rainfall: 0.07 in.
Normal Rain for September 1-13: 0.18 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.11 in.
Jan 1 to September 13, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 1.05 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Sep 13, 2026: 2.41 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -1.36 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.96 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Sep 13, 2026: 3.61 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.65 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 103 ° 115 °
 ( 1971 )		 Sunrise:
6:30am 		Sunset:
6:56pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 10%
Low 75 ° 53 °
 ( 1936 )		   Moonrise:
9:05am 		Moonset:
 8:09pm 		 
       
Fire Danger

 

WEATHER STORY
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Weather Forecast Office
Highs Monday Highs Tuesday Highs Wednesday
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A touch cooler on Monday compared to Sunday, around 5-7 degrees below average.

Data Courtesy of San Diego Weather Forecast Office

MicroCool   

"To Fog or Not"

 

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Fogging Effectiveness

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Current Temperature: 87.4 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 15.7 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 71.7 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 13.3 °F
Current Dew Point: 62.8 °F Cooler Temperature Output 74.1 °F
Current Humidity: 44 %

 

 


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