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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
79
°F
Warmer 1.8°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 78.6°F  ·  This time yesterday: 87°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +4.3°F
75.3° 79.9°
2hr ago 60m Now
80
Today’s High
1:46 PM
88°
Yesterday’s High
1:43 PM
61
Today’s Low
6:16 AM
66°
Yesterday’s Low
11:56 PM
Updated: 2:00:00 pm PDT
Humidity
25 %
24h diff 8%
Hi 58% 6:04 AM
Lo 22% 1:52 PM
Dew Point
41 °F
24h diff 4°F
Hi 47° 12:03 AM
Lo 38° 1:53 PM
Wind
WSW14 mph
Gust 14.0 mph
Top gust 30.0 mph (6:35 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
9187 ft
10m avg 13.6 mph
Hour top gust 25 mph WSW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.91 in
Falling  ·  24h diff 0.10
Hi 29.99 11:02 AM
Lo 29.91 1:59 PM
Solar
919 wm
98% of max
Daylight 13:15 hr
High Solar 1130 wm
Max Temp for this Date
103 °F
2012 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
50 °F
2010 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
87 °F
-8.1° vs now
Record high (this date)
105 °F
1949 · (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
61 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
8.6 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Apr 22
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F79
▲ +4.3 °F
75.3°79.9°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F41
▼ -0.1 °F
39.8°41.4°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph14.2
▲ +2.3 mph
5.816.1
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph14
▲ +3.5 mph
11.525.3
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %25
▼ -4 %
2429
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg29.91
▼ -0.05 inHg
29.9129.96
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²919
▼ -51 W/m²
4691,004
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 2:03 pm PDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

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

April 1-22

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-22: 0.06 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.06 in.
Jan 1 to April 22, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 22, 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 22, 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 ° 105 °
 ( 1949 )		 Sunrise:
6:04am 		Sunset:
7:20pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 36%
Low 60 ° 38 °
 ( 1932 )		   Moonrise:
10:30am 		Moonset:
 12:45am 		 
       
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: 79.6 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 19.9 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 59.7 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 16.9 °F
Current Dew Point: 40.7 °F Cooler Temperature Output 62.7 °F
Current Humidity: 25 %

 


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