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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
82
°F
Warmer 6.5°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 79.9°F  ·  This time yesterday: 81°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +9.6°F
72.2° 81.8°
2hr ago 60m Now
82
Today’s High
10:09 AM
92°
Yesterday’s High
2:56 PM
67
Today’s Low
6:11 AM
67°
Yesterday’s Low
3:44 AM
Updated: 10:10:00 am PDT
Humidity
26 %
24h diff 5%
Hi 46% 1:13 AM
Lo 26% 10:02 AM
Dew Point
44 °F
24h diff 6°F
Hi 48° 12:23 AM
Lo 43° 10:02 AM
Wind
WSW5 mph
Gust 6.0 mph
Top gust 27.0 mph (2:07 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
9034 ft
10m avg 6.7 mph
Hour top gust 14 mph W
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.73 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.17
Hi 29.8 12:47 AM
Lo 29.72 4:17 AM
Solar
575 wm
72% of max
Daylight 13:30 hr
High Solar 594 wm
Max Temp for this Date
106 °F
2021 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
55 °F
2010 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
81 °F
+0.8° vs now
Record high (this date)
109 °F
2021 · (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
69 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
7.6 UV  ·  High  ·  Apr 30
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F81.7
▲ +9.6 °F
72.1°81.7°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg43
▼ -2 °F
43°47°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg5.9
▼ -3.1 mph
0.010.0
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph10
▼ -5 mph
018
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg26
▼ -12 %
2638
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.73
▼ -0.01 inHg
29.7329.74
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²575
▲ +236 W/m²
209575
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Thursday, April 30, 2026, 9:33 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 1-30

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-30: 0.07 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.07 in.
Jan 1 to April 30, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 30, 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 30, 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 90 ° 109 °
 ( 2021 )		 Sunrise:
5:56am 		Sunset:
7:27pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 98%
Low 62 ° 40 °
 ( 1942 )		   Moonrise:
6:55pm 		Moonset:
 5:06am 		 
       
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: 81.9 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 20.3 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 61.6 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 17.3 °F
Current Dew Point: 43.6 °F Cooler Temperature Output 64.6 °F
Current Humidity: 26 %

 


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