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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
72
°F
Colder 2.4°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 77.0°F  ·  This time yesterday: 65°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -4.9°F
71.5° 76.4°
2hr ago 60m Now
89
Today’s High
4:13 PM
82°
Yesterday’s High
3:40 PM
61
Today’s Low
6:06 AM
61°
Yesterday’s Low
6:16 AM
Updated: 11:20:00 pm PDT
Humidity
45 %
24h diff 2%
Hi 51% 4:18 AM
Lo 12% 3:32 PM
Dew Point
49 °F
24h diff 7°F
Hi 50° 11:03 PM
Lo 29° 3:33 PM
Wind
WSW11 mph
Gust 12.0 mph
Top gust 37.0 mph (3:04 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
5417 ft
10m avg 11.7 mph
Hour top gust 23 mph W
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.77 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.05
Hi 29.9 7:28 AM
Lo 29.71 6:28 PM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 13:19 hr
High Solar 1032 wm
Max Temp for this Date
101 °F
2020 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
53 °F
2010 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
65 °F
+7° 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
62 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 24
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F5m avg71.4
▼ -4.8 °F
71.7°76.5°
119m ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg49.0
▲ +1.0 °F
48.0°49.2°
119m ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph5m avg8.3
▲ +3.2 mph
0.013.2
119m ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph18.0
▲ +1.0 mph
0.023.0
119m ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg45
▲ +8 %
3745
119m ago60mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.77
▲ +0.02 inHg
29.7529.77
119m ago60mNow
Solar W/m²0
● +0 W/m²
18m ago9mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
119m ago60mNow

warnings updated: Thursday, April 23, 2026, 11:18 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 1-23

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-23: 0.07 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.07 in.
Jan 1 to April 23, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 23, 2026: 1.78 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.80 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Apr 23, 2026: 2.98 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.09 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:
6:03am 		Sunset:
7:21pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 46%
Low 61 ° 41 °
 ( 1932 )		   Moonrise:
11:41am 		Moonset:
 1:36am 		 
       
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: 71.5 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 12.2 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 59.3 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 10.4 °F
Current Dew Point: 49.0 °F Cooler Temperature Output 61.1 °F
Current Humidity: 45 %

 


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