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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
70
°F
Colder 1°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 75.9°F  ·  This time yesterday: 68°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -4.2°F
70.3° 74.8°
2hr ago 60m Now
81
Today’s High
12:28 AM
100°
Yesterday’s High
2:58 PM
70
Today’s Low
5:13 AM
68°
Yesterday’s Low
5:46 AM
Updated: 5:50:00 am PDT
Humidity
28 %
24h diff -26%
Hi 38% 4:51 AM
Lo 24% 12:44 AM
Dew Point
36 °F
24h diff -15°F
Hi 47° 2:19 AM
Lo 36° 5:49 AM
Wind
WNW2 mph
Gust 1.0 mph
Top gust 17.3 mph (1:43 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
8217 ft
10m avg 2.3 mph
Hour top gust 6 mph W
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.78 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.03
Hi 29.78 5:48 AM
Lo 29.75 2:00 AM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 13:34 hr
High Solar 0 wm
Max Temp for this Date
104 °F
2017 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
51 °F
2011 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
68 °F
+1.7° vs now
Record high (this date)
112 °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
71 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
8.2 UV  ·  Very High  ·  May 02
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F70.5
▼ -4.2 °F
70.3°74.7°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg36
▼ -5 °F
36°44°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg2.0
▲ +0.4 mph
0.04.9
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph4
● +0 mph
09
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg28
▼ -2 %
2837
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.78
● +0.00 inHg
29.7729.77
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²0
● +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Saturday, May 02, 2026, 5:48 am PDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

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

May 1-2

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-2: 0.00 in.

Departure from Normal: below  0.00 in.
Jan 1 to May 2, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 2, 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 2, 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 91 ° 112 °
 ( 1947 )		 Sunrise:
5:54am 		Sunset:
7:28pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 100%
Low 63 ° 40 °
 ( 1955 )		   Moonrise:
8:54pm 		Moonset:
 6:08am 		 
       
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: 70.5 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 16.3 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 54.2 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 13.9 °F
Current Dew Point: 35.8 °F Cooler Temperature Output 56.6 °F
Current Humidity: 28 %

 


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