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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
88
°F
Warmer 2.6°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 84.8°F  ·  This time yesterday: 88°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +5.6°F
81.3° 86.9°
2hr ago 60m Now
87
Today’s High
11:50 AM
95°
Yesterday’s High
4:49 PM
69
Today’s Low
5:55 AM
71°
Yesterday’s Low
6:11 AM
Updated: 12:00:00 pm PDT
Humidity
32 %
24h diff -2%
Hi 57% 3:08 AM
Lo 32% 11:52 AM
Dew Point
54 °F
24h diff -2°F
Hi 56° 10:20 AM
Lo 53° 7:21 AM
Wind
SE4 mph
Gust 4.0 mph
Top gust 27.0 mph (4:34 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
7933 ft
10m avg 4.1 mph
Hour top gust 12 mph ESE
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.84 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.03
Hi 29.88 9:14 AM
Lo 29.79 3:53 AM
Solar
947 wm
93% of max
Daylight 14:07 hr
High Solar 949 wm
Max Temp for this Date
104 °F
2006 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
55 °F
2010 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
88 °F
-0.4° vs now
Record high (this date)
115 °F
1952 · (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
93 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
8.5 UV  ·  Very High  ·  May 24
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F88.0
▲ +6.9 °F
81.1°88.0°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg54
● +0 °F
54°55°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg3.2
▲ +1.1 mph
0.05.6
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph7
▲ +3 mph
012
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg32
▼ -8 %
3341
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.84
▼ -0.03 inHg
29.8529.87
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²947
▲ +239 W/m²
708947
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Sunday, May 24, 2026, 12:03 pm PDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

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

May 1-24

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-24: 0.02 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.02 in.
Jan 1 to May 24, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 24, 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 24, 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 97 ° 115 °
 ( 1952 )		 Sunrise:
5:38am 		Sunset:
7:45pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 57%
Low 68 ° 48 °
 ( 1960 )		   Moonrise:
1:54pm 		Moonset:
 1:53am 		 
       
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: 87.2 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 19.8 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 67.4 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 16.8 °F
Current Dew Point: 53.7 °F Cooler Temperature Output 70.4 °F
Current Humidity: 32 %

 


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