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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
84
°F
Colder 1.6°F than last hour.
Mild — clear
Feels like 84.3°F  ·  This time yesterday: 85°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -3.6°F
83.8° 87.6°
2hr ago 60m Now
105
Today’s High
2:50 PM
100°
Yesterday’s High
3:35 PM
81
Today’s Low
6:18 AM
81°
Yesterday’s Low
3:49 AM
Updated: 11:50:00 pm PDT
Humidity
45 %
24h diff -1%
Hi 54% 6:25 AM
Lo 23% 2:45 PM
Dew Point
60 °F
24h diff -2°F
Hi 64° 10:15 AM
Lo 55° 11:58 AM
Wind
W7 mph
Gust 6.0 mph
Top gust 26.5 mph (6:54 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
5686 ft
10m avg 5.6 mph
Hour top gust 15 mph WNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.82 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.07
Hi 29.82 11:48 PM
Lo 29.73 6:16 PM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 13:26 hr
High Solar 909 wm
Max Temp for this Date
118 °F
2020 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
74 °F
2005 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
85 °F
-1.1° vs now
Record high (this date)
120 °F
2020 · (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
175 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
9.3 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Aug 15
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F84.0
▼ Last hour: -1.6 °F
83.8°89.4°
3hr ago90mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg60.0
▼ Last hour: -1.0 °F
60.0°62.0°
3hr ago90mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg6.6
▲ Last hour: +0.1 mph
0.09.6
3hr ago90mNow
Wind Gust mph12.0
▲ Last hour: +3.0 mph
0.020.0
3hr ago90mNow
Humidity %5m avg45
▲ Last hour: +2 %
3946
3hr ago90mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.82
▲ Last hour: +0.01 inHg
29.7829.82
3hr ago90mNow
Solar W/m²0
● Last hour: +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● Last hour: +0.00 in
3hr ago90mNow

 

 

 

warnings updated: Friday, August 14, 2026, 11:48 pm PDT

 

 

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Summer Moisture / Monsoon Watch. Hourly Forecast for Select Locations

Forecast Source: National Weather Service

Forecast generated: Fri Aug 14, 5:29 PM PDT     Last checked: Fri Aug 14, 6:00 PM PDT
Temperature, °F
Temperature, °F chart.
Dew point, °F
Dew point, °F chart.
Sky cover, %
Sky cover, % 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 1-14

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for August 1-14: 0.08 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.08 in.
Jan 1 to August 14, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Aug 14, 2026: 2.01 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -1.03 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Aug 14, 2026: 3.21 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.32 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 ° 120 °
 ( 2020 )		 Sunrise:
6:09am 		Sunset:
7:35pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 5%
Low 80 ° 59 °
 ( 1927 )		   Moonrise:
8:13am 		Moonset:
 8:47pm 		 
       
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: 84.1 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 14.7 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 69.4 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 12.5 °F
Current Dew Point: 60.5 °F Cooler Temperature Output 71.6 °F
Current Humidity: 45 %

 

 


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