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Live weather information for the Coachella Valley
Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
99
°F
Colder 1°F than last hour.
Warm —
Feels like 109.6°F  ·  This time yesterday: 100°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -2.1°F
99° 101.4°
2hr ago 60m Now
106
Today’s High
2:59 PM
109°
Yesterday’s High
3:45 PM
87
Today’s Low
6:18 AM
82°
Yesterday’s Low
5:41 AM
Updated: 8:20:00 pm PDT
Humidity
43 %
24h diff 4%
Hi 64% 6:07 AM
Lo 35% 2:02 PM
Dew Point
73 °F
24h diff 2°F
Hi 76° 12:00 PM
Lo 70° 1:48 AM
Wind
Calm
Gust 0.0 mph
Top gust 17.3 mph (1:59 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
6319 ft
10m avg 0.0 mph
Hour top gust 7 mph ESE
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.73 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.07
Hi 29.84 6:58 AM
Lo 29.7 6:14 PM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 13:40 hr
High Solar 896 wm
Max Temp for this Date
115 °F
2025 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
77 °F
2007 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
100 °F
-1.3° vs now
Record high (this date)
119 °F
1994 · (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
167 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  ·  Aug 06
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F99.0
▼ Last hour: -1.0 °F
98.8°102.2°
3hr ago90mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg72.0
● Last hour: +0.0 °F
71.0°72.2°
3hr ago90mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg0.0
▼ Last hour: -4.1 mph
0.010.5
3hr ago90mNow
Wind Gust mph0.0
▼ Last hour: -7.0 mph
0.016.0
3hr ago90mNow
Humidity %5m avg43
▲ Last hour: +1 %
3843
3hr ago90mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.73
▲ Last hour: +0.01 inHg
29.7029.73
3hr ago90mNow
Solar W/m²0
▼ Last hour: -23 W/m²
098
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: Thu, 8/6 11:27am Updated: Thu, 8/6 8:18pm Urgency: Expected
Next Update: Thu, 8/6 10:15pm Severity:  Severe  Certainty: Likely
 
Details: 
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with high temperatures of 108 to
114 expected.

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

* WHEN...Until 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: Thursday, August 06, 2026, 8:18 pm PDT

 

 

Hyperlocal Radar not Active at this time


 

 

Summer Moisture / Monsoon Watch. Hourly Forecast for Select Locations

Forecast Source: National Weather Service

Forecast generated: Thu Aug 6, 6:00 PM PDT     Last checked: Thu Aug 6, 6:00 PM PDT
Temperature, °F
Temperature, °F chart.
Dew point, °F
Dew point, °F chart.
Probability of precipitation, %
Probability of precipitation, % chart.
Probability of thunder, %
Probability of thunder, % 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 1-6

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for August 1-6: 0.05 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.05 in.
Jan 1 to August 6, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Aug 6, 2026: 1.98 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -1.00 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Aug 6, 2026: 3.18 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.29 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 ° 119 °
 ( 1994 )		 Sunrise:
6:03am 		Sunset:
7:43pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 41%
Low 81 ° 58 °
 ( 1933 )		   Moonrise:
--- 		Moonset:
 2:17pm 		 
       
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: 98.9 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 18.5 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 80.4 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 15.7 °F
Current Dew Point: 72.5 °F Cooler Temperature Output 83.2 °F
Current Humidity: 43 %

 

 


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