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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
88
°F
Warmer 2.5°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 83.8°F  ·  This time yesterday: 90°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +7.6°F
79.8° 87.4°
2hr ago 60m Now
87
Today’s High
12:12 PM
96°
Yesterday’s High
3:01 PM
70
Today’s Low
6:18 AM
62°
Yesterday’s Low
6:33 AM
Updated: 12:45:00 pm PDT
Humidity
20 %
24h diff 11%
Hi 36% 6:05 AM
Lo 19% 12:13 PM
Dew Point
41 °F
24h diff 18°F
Hi 47° 10:03 AM
Lo 39° 11:15 AM
Wind
ESE3 mph
Gust 3.0 mph
Top gust 23.0 mph (4:46 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
10801 ft
10m avg 3.8 mph
Hour top gust 9 mph ESE
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.84 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.07
Hi 29.86 10:44 AM
Lo 29.75 12:00 AM
Solar
951 wm
96% of max
Daylight 13:11 hr
High Solar 951 wm
Max Temp for this Date
102°F
2009 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
55°F
2007 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
90°F
-1.9° vs now
Record high (this date)
106°F
1958 · (Palm Springs Airport)
Rain today
0.00 in
Rate: 0.000 in/hr
Yesterday
0.00  in
Storm: 0.00 in
April
0.00 in
Last rain: 2/19/2026
Cal year
0.98 in
59 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
8.1 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Apr 20
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F88
▲ +7.6 °F
79.8°87.4°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F41.3
▼ -1.4 °F
39.3°43.8°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph2.8
▲ +1.2 mph
1.25.8
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph3
▲ +1.1 mph
2.38.1
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %20
▼ -7 %
1927
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg29.84
▼ -0.03 inHg
29.8429.86
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²951
▲ +130 W/m²
821951
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Monday, April 20, 2026, 12:48 pm PDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

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

April 1-20

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-20: 0.06 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.06 in.
Jan 1 to April 20, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 20, 2026: 1.77 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.79 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Apr 20, 2026: 2.97 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.08 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 88 ° 106 °
 ( 1958 )		 Sunrise:
6:07am 		Sunset:
7:19pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 10%
Low 60 ° 39 °
 ( 1967 )		   Moonrise:
8:19am 		Moonset:
 11:43pm 		 
       
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: 87.3 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 24.3 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 63.0 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 20.7 °F
Current Dew Point: 41.3 °F Cooler Temperature Output 66.6 °F
Current Humidity: 20 %

 


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