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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
93
°F
Colder 2.5°F than last hour.
Warm — clear
Feels like 91.7°F  ·  This time yesterday: 98°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -5.3°F
93.9° 99.2°
2hr ago 60m Now
108
Today’s High
3:13 PM
113°
Yesterday’s High
3:29 PM
87
Today’s Low
6:37 AM
93°
Yesterday’s Low
6:28 AM
Updated: 9:08:00 pm PDT
Humidity
26 %
24h diff 1%
Hi 35% 6:05 AM
Lo 18% 4:32 PM
Dew Point
54 °F
24h diff -2°F
Hi 63° 4:01 PM
Lo 53° 9:06 PM
Wind
NNE6 mph
Gust 9.0 mph
Top gust 23.0 mph (6:44 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
9697 ft
10m avg 6.1 mph
Hour top gust 17 mph SW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.67 in
Rising  ·  24h diff 0.04
Hi 29.75 11:05 AM
Lo 29.6 4:35 PM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 12:55 hr
High Solar 875 wm
Max Temp for this Date
116 °F
2022 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
67 °F
2010 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
98 °F
-5.1° vs now
Record high (this date)
119 °F
1984 · (Palm Springs Airport)
Rain today
0.00 in
Rate: 0.000 in/hr
Yesterday
0.00  in
Storm: 0.00 in
August
0.00 in
Last rain: 2/19/2026
Cal year
0.98 in
191 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
9.1 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Aug 31
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F93.9
▼ Last hour: -2.7 °F
93.9°104.0°
3hr ago90mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg54.0
▼ Last hour: -4.0 °F
54.0°61.0°
3hr ago90mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg4.9
▲ Last hour: +0.7 mph
0.010.2
3hr ago90mNow
Wind Gust mph13.0
▼ Last hour: -1.0 mph
0.023.0
3hr ago90mNow
Humidity %5m avg26
▼ Last hour: -2 %
2028
3hr ago90mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.68
▲ Last hour: +0.03 inHg
29.6129.67
3hr ago90mNow
Solar W/m²0
● Last hour: +0 W/m²
07
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● Last hour: +0.00 in
3hr ago90mNow

 

 

 

warnings updated: Sunday, August 30, 2026, 9:03 pm PDT

 

 

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Summer Moisture / Monsoon Watch. Hourly Forecast for Select Locations

Forecast Source: National Weather Service

Forecast generated: Sun Aug 30, 5:37 PM PDT     Last checked: Sun Aug 30, 6:00 PM PDT
Temperature, °F
Temperature, °F chart.
Dew point, °F
Dew point, °F chart.
Sky cover, %
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Probability of precipitation, %
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Probability of thunder, %
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Precipitation, in Total accumulation, in
Precip. amount, in chart.
Wind speed / gust, mph
Wind speed / gust, mph 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.

August 1-30

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for August 1-30: 0.30 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.30 in.
Jan 1 to August 30, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Aug 30, 2026: 2.23 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -1.25 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Aug 30, 2026: 3.43 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.54 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 107 ° 119 °
 ( 1984 )		 Sunrise:
6:20am 		Sunset:
7:15pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 94%
Low 78 ° 52 °
 ( 1957 )		   Moonrise:
8:31pm 		Moonset:
 8:47am 		 
       
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: 93.9 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 24.6 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 69.3 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 20.9 °F
Current Dew Point: 52.7 °F Cooler Temperature Output 73 °F
Current Humidity: 25 %

 

 


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