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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
75
°F
Colder 3.5°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 77.2°F  ·  This time yesterday: 79°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -6.9°F
75.7° 82.6°
2hr ago 60m Now
93
Today’s High
3:02 PM
96°
Yesterday’s High
3:01 PM
70
Today’s Low
6:18 AM
62°
Yesterday’s Low
6:33 AM
Updated: 9:40:00 pm PDT
Humidity
30 %
24h diff 2%
Hi 36% 6:05 AM
Lo 18% 3:17 PM
Dew Point
42 °F
24h diff -1°F
Hi 47° 10:03 AM
Lo 39° 11:15 AM
Wind
N5 mph
Gust 15.0 mph
Top gust 23.0 mph (4:46 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
7976 ft
10m avg 5.3 mph
Hour top gust 16 mph WNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.79 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.05
Hi 29.86 10:44 AM
Lo 29.74 6:44 PM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 13:13 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
79°F
-4.4° 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 °F75
▼ -6.9 °F
75.7°82.6°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F42
▼ -2.2 °F
41.8°44.6°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph5.4
▼ -6.9 mph
3.511.5
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph15
▼ -2.3 mph
4.619.6
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %30
▲ +4 %
2630
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg29.79
▲ +0.04 inHg
29.7529.79
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²0
● +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Monday, April 20, 2026, 9:33 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:
 17%
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: 75.7 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 17.2 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 58.5 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 14.6 °F
Current Dew Point: 42.1 °F Cooler Temperature Output 61.1 °F
Current Humidity: 30 %

 


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