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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
68
°F
Colder 0.7°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 76.6°F  ·  This time yesterday: 72°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -1.3°F
68.3° 70.1°
2hr ago 60m Now
72
Today’s High
12:00 AM
93°
Yesterday’s High
3:02 PM
68
Today’s Low
4:01 AM
70°
Yesterday’s Low
6:18 AM
Updated: 4:25:00 am PDT
Humidity
33 %
24h diff 1%
Hi 39% 12:32 AM
Lo 30% 3:13 AM
Dew Point
38 °F
24h diff -2°F
Hi 45° 12:39 AM
Lo 37° 4:11 AM
Wind
W8 mph
Gust 10.0 mph
Top gust 21.0 mph (12:06 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
7204 ft
10m avg 8.6 mph
Hour top gust 18 mph WNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.80 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.05
Hi 29.83 12:40 AM
Lo 29.8 3:49 AM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 13:13 hr
High Solar 0 wm
Max Temp for this Date
105°F
2012 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
52°F
2010 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
72°F
-4.4° vs now
Record high (this date)
107°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
60 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
7.9 UV  ·  High  ·  Apr 21
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F68
▼ -1.3 °F
68.3°70.1°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F38
▼ -0.4 °F
36.7°39.2°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph8.5
▲ +4.6 mph
2.39.2
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph10
▲ +6.9 mph
3.517.3
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %33
▲ +1 %
3033
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg29.80
▼ -0.01 inHg
29.8029.81
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²0
● +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 4:18 am PDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

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

April 1-21

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-21: 0.06 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.06 in.
Jan 1 to April 21, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 21, 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 21, 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 ° 107 °
 ( 1958 )		 Sunrise:
6:06am 		Sunset:
7:20pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 17%
Low 60 ° 37 °
 ( 1962 )		   Moonrise:
9:21am 		Moonset:
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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: 68.6 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 14.5 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 54.1 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 12.3 °F
Current Dew Point: 38.3 °F Cooler Temperature Output 56.3 °F
Current Humidity: 33 %

 


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