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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
66
°F
Warmer 2.6°F than last hour.
Cool —
Feels like 66.9°F  ·  This time yesterday: 64°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +4.1°F
62.8° 66.9°
2hr ago 60m Now
67
Today’s High
7:41 AM
84°
Yesterday’s High
3:23 PM
62
Today’s Low
4:26 AM
60°
Yesterday’s Low
5:12 AM
Updated: 7:45:00 am PDT
Humidity
47 %
24h diff -1%
Hi 52% 5:41 AM
Lo 45% 3:25 AM
Dew Point
46 °F
24h diff 3°F
Hi 47° 7:31 AM
Lo 42° 4:33 AM
Wind
WNW6 mph
Gust 7.0 mph
Top gust 27.0 mph (1:42 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
5060 ft
10m avg 11.5 mph
Hour top gust 26 mph NNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.83 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.02
Hi 29.84 7:33 AM
Lo 29.76 12:02 AM
Solar
350 wm
94% of max
Daylight 14:12 hr
High Solar 350 wm
Max Temp for this Date
106 °F
2017 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
62 °F
2010 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
64 °F
+2.5° vs now
Record high (this date)
113 °F
1984 · (Palm Springs Airport)
Rain today
0.00 in
Rate: 0.000 in/hr
Yesterday
0.00  in
Storm: 0.00 in
May
0.00 in
Last rain: 2/19/2026
Cal year
0.98 in
98 days since rain
Water year
2.89 in
Oct.’25 – Sep.’26
Max rain rate: 0.000 (00:00 AM)
CWOP: CW2285  ·  WU: KCATHOUS8
NWS verified rain gauge
9.6 UV  ·  Very High  ·  May 29
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F66.9
▲ +4.1 °F
62.8°66.9°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg46
▲ +1 °F
45°46°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg9.2
▲ +1.7 mph
0.011.1
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph12
● +0 mph
026
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg47
▼ -5 %
4752
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.83
▲ +0.03 inHg
29.8029.84
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²350
▲ +343 W/m²
7350
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Friday, May 29, 2026, 7:33 am PDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

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

May 1-29

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-29: 0.02 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.02 in.
Jan 1 to May 29, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 29, 2026: 1.80 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.82 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to May 29, 2026: 3.00 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.11 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 99 ° 113 °
 ( 1984 )		 Sunrise:
5:36am 		Sunset:
7:49pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 97%
Low 69 ° 46 °
 ( 1953 )		   Moonrise:
6:47pm 		Moonset:
 4:09am 		 
       
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: 67.0 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 10.8 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 56.2 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 9.2 °F
Current Dew Point: 46.1 °F Cooler Temperature Output 57.8 °F
Current Humidity: 47 %

 


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