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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
72
°F
Warmer 2.9°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 76.9°F  ·  This time yesterday: 66°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +2.9°F
67.3° 70.9°
2hr ago 60m Now
71
Today’s High
7:50 AM
89°
Yesterday’s High
4:13 PM
67
Today’s Low
6:24 AM
61°
Yesterday’s Low
6:06 AM
Updated: 7:51:00 am PDT
Humidity
39 %
24h diff -1%
Hi 48% 1:49 AM
Lo 39% 7:48 AM
Dew Point
45 °F
24h diff 4°F
Hi 49° 12:00 AM
Lo 44° 6:25 AM
Wind
W9 mph
Gust 9.0 mph
Top gust 27.0 mph (6:59 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
6273 ft
10m avg 11.7 mph
Hour top gust 27 mph WNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.76 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.14
Hi 29.78 12:41 AM
Lo 29.74 4:14 AM
Solar
253 wm
82% of max
Daylight 13:19 hr
High Solar 257 wm
Max Temp for this Date
102 °F
2020 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
58 °F
2006 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
66 °F
+5.8° vs now
Record high (this date)
103 °F
2019 · (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
63 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 avg70.9
▲ +2.7 °F
67.3°70.7°
119m ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg45.0
● +0.0 °F
44.0°45.0°
119m ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph5m avg9.0
▼ -4.5 mph
0.013.9
119m ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph17.0
▼ -7.0 mph
0.026.0
119m ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg39
▼ -3 %
4044
119m ago60mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.76
▲ +0.02 inHg
29.7429.76
119m ago60mNow
Solar W/m²253
▲ +253 W/m²
0253
18m ago9mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
119m ago60mNow

warnings updated: Friday, April 24, 2026, 7:48 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 1-24

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-24: 0.07 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.07 in.
Jan 1 to April 24, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 24, 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 24, 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 89 ° 103 °
 ( 2019 )		 Sunrise:
6:02am 		Sunset:
7:22pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 46%
Low 61 ° 43 °
 ( 1960 )		   Moonrise:
12:50pm 		Moonset:
 2:17am 		 
       
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: 70.9 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 13.5 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 57.4 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 11.5 °F
Current Dew Point: 44.7 °F Cooler Temperature Output 59.4 °F
Current Humidity: 39 %

 


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