Current Conditions

Mild
clear
updated: 11:30:00 am PDT
86 °F Warmer 5°F than last hour.
Feels Like: 84.4°F
This time yesterday: 87°F
High:  86 °F  (11:29 AM)
Low:   67 °F    (6:21 AM)

*Record high: 100° in 1940
(Palm Springs Airport)*

Yesterday's High: 95 °F  (3:49 PM)
Yesterday's Low: 72 °F  (7:48 AM)
Solar: 798 wm    /    Solar Percent: 97 %    /    Hours of daylight: 12:16
38 % 6.5% less humid than an hour ago.
24 hour difference 10%
High: 64 %  (6:19 AM)
Low:  34 %  (12:12 AM)
57 °F  +0.1° difference than an hour ago.
24 Hour difference 7°F
High: 60 °F  (9:18 AM)
Low: 49 °F  (12:34 AM)
Wind from NNE
4
Gust: 4.0 mph
10 minute average: 3.1 mph
Top Gust: 9.2 mph (8:38 AM)
Top Gust last hour: 8 mph E
Wind Run:  miles
29.92 in. 
Steady
24 Hour difference 0.09
High: 29.92 in. (9:54 AM)
Low: 29.83 in. (12:00 AM)
Rate 0.000 inches per hour
Max rate today: 0.000 (00:00 AM)
Last rain: 2/19/2026 (32 days ago)
Rain Today: 0.00 in.
Yesterday: 0.00  in.
Storm Rain: 0.00 in.
March: 0.00 in.
Calendar Year Rain: 0.98 in.
Water Year: 2.89  in.  (Oct.'25 - Sept.'26)
Cloud Height:  feet
Live data above is from sensors installed in Thousand Palms.
Rain data verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
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RAIN INFORMATION
20 Years
UV forecast for Mar 24 is  8.1   Very High 

warnings updated: Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 11:33 am PDT

 

 

 

unprecedented, prolonged heat wave...
March Temperature Record: 104° (set in 1966)

Forecast last updated: Tue, 24-Mar-2026 12:25am PDT

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

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

March 1-24

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for March 1-24: 0.25 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.25 in.
Jan 1 to March 24, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Mar 24, 2026: 1.71 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.73 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Mar 24, 2026: 2.91 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.01 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 83 ° 100 °
 ( 1940 )		 Sunrise:
6:41am 		Sunset:
6:58pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 36%
Low 56 ° 34 °
 ( 1929 )		   Moonrise:
10:28am 		Moonset:
 12:48am 		 
       
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: 85.6 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 17.3 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 68.3 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 14.7 °F
Current Dew Point: 57.1 °F Cooler Temperature Output 70.9 °F
Current Humidity: 38 %

 


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