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Live weather information for the Coachella Valley
Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
106
°F
Warmer 3.3°F than last hour.
Hot —
Feels like 104.9°F  ·  This time yesterday: 104°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +6.4°F
99.1° 105.8°
2hr ago 60m Now
106
Today’s High
12:39 PM
111°
Yesterday’s High
4:23 PM
86
Today’s Low
6:17 AM
89°
Yesterday’s Low
5:31 AM
Updated: 12:55:00 pm PDT
Humidity
19 %
24h diff -9%
Hi 37% 2:38 AM
Lo 19% 12:27 PM
Dew Point
55 °F
24h diff -9°F
Hi 61° 11:20 AM
Lo 51° 7:32 AM
Wind
ESE3 mph
Gust 3.0 mph
Top gust 16.1 mph (3:47 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
11877 ft
10m avg 2.9 mph
Hour top gust 8 mph E
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.66 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.05
Hi 29.7 8:47 AM
Lo 29.64 3:20 AM
Solar
958 wm
94% of max
Daylight 13:54 hr
High Solar 962 wm
Max Temp for this Date
117 °F
2023 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
78 °F
2008 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
104 °F
+2.4° vs now
Record high (this date)
123 °F
1995 · (Palm Springs Airport)
Rain today
0.00 in
Rate: 0.000 in/hr
Yesterday
0.00  in
Storm: 0.00 in
July
0.00 in
Last rain: 2/19/2026
Cal year
0.98 in
159 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
9.8 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Jul 29
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F105.4
▲ Last hour: +3.6 °F
97.3°106.0°
3hr ago90mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg55.0
▼ Last hour: -1.4 °F
55.4°58.8°
3hr ago90mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg0.7
▼ Last hour: -0.4 mph
0.04.9
3hr ago90mNow
Wind Gust mph5.0
▲ Last hour: +1.0 mph
0.09.0
3hr ago90mNow
Humidity %5m avg19
▼ Last hour: -3 %
2027
3hr ago90mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.66
▼ Last hour: -0.02 inHg
29.6629.69
3hr ago90mNow
Solar W/m²958
▲ Last hour: +26 W/m²
840960
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● Last hour: +0.00 in
3hr ago90mNow

 

 

Extreme Heat Warning  EXTREME HEAT WARNING   Extreme Heat Warning
COACHELLA VALLEY
Areas Affected:
Coachella Valley - San Diego County Deserts - San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning
This Notice Updated: Wed, 7/29 11:56am Updated: Wed, 7/29 12:48pm Urgency: Expected
Next Update: Wed, 7/29 10:15pm Severity:  Severe  Certainty: Likely
 
Details: 
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures of 115 to 120
expected.

* WHERE...Coachella Valley, San Diego County Deserts, and San
Gorgonio Pass near Banning.

* WHEN...From 10 AM Thursday to 8 PM PDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat events.

Information: 
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

NWS Weather Alerts

Issued by the National Weather Service

warnings updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 12:48 pm PDT

 

 

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Record Watch

Records / Normals data: NWS Palm Springs

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

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

July 1-29

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for July 1-29: 0.07 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.07 in.
Jan 1 to July 29, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Jul 29, 2026: 1.88 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.90 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Jul 29, 2026: 3.08 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.19 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 109 ° 123 °
 ( 1995 )		 Sunrise:
5:57am 		Sunset:
7:50pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 99%
Low 81 ° 60 °
 ( 1991 )		   Moonrise:
8:10pm 		Moonset:
 5:51am 		 
       
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: 105.5 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 31.5 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 74.0 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 26.8 °F
Current Dew Point: 54.8 °F Cooler Temperature Output 78.7 °F
Current Humidity: 19 %

 

 


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