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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
86
°F
Warmer 1.5°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 84.9°F  ·  This time yesterday: 89°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +4.9°F
82.1° 87.1°
2hr ago 60m Now
87
Today’s High
11:10 AM
96°
Yesterday’s High
3:19 PM
68
Today’s Low
5:46 AM
67°
Yesterday’s Low
6:11 AM
Updated: 11:30:00 am PDT
Humidity
30 %
24h diff 13%
Hi 56% 5:43 AM
Lo 29% 10:13 AM
Dew Point
52 °F
24h diff 13°F
Hi 54° 11:10 AM
Lo 48° 7:56 AM
Wind
E3 mph
Gust 7.0 mph
Top gust 32.2 mph (3:00 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
8323 ft
10m avg 4.0 mph
Hour top gust 9 mph E
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.78 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.08
Hi 29.8 9:20 AM
Lo 29.68 2:41 AM
Solar
921 wm
96% of max
Daylight 13:32 hr
High Solar 921 wm
Max Temp for this Date
103 °F
2015 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
52 °F
2011 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
89 °F
-3.3° vs now
Record high (this date)
108 °F
1947 · (Palm Springs Airport)
Rain today
0.00 in
Rate: 0.000 in/hr
Yesterday
0.00  in
Storm: 0.00 in
May
0.00 in
Last rain: 2/19/2026
Cal year
0.98 in
70 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
8.8 UV  ·  Very High  ·  May 01
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F87.1
▲ +5.2 °F
81.9°87.4°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg52
▲ +2 °F
49°53°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg6.6
▼ -0.9 mph
0.05.0
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph7
▼ -5 mph
012
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg30
▼ -3 %
3035
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.78
▼ -0.02 inHg
29.7829.80
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²921
▲ +366 W/m²
555921
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Friday, May 01, 2026, 11:18 am PDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

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

May 1-1

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-1: 0.00 in.

Departure from Normal: below  0.00 in.
Jan 1 to May 1, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 1, 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 May 1, 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 ° 108 °
 ( 1947 )		 Sunrise:
5:55am 		Sunset:
7:28pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 100%
Low 63 ° 43 °
 ( 1984 )		   Moonrise:
7:55pm 		Moonset:
 5:35am 		 
       
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: 86.8 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 20.4 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 66.4 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 17.3 °F
Current Dew Point: 51.6 °F Cooler Temperature Output 69.5 °F
Current Humidity: 30 %

 


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