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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
75
°F
Warmer 2.4°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 77.3°F  ·  This time yesterday: 80°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +3.1°F
70.9° 74.1°
2hr ago 60m Now
83
Today’s High
12:06 AM
99°
Yesterday’s High
3:24 PM
71
Today’s Low
6:08 AM
70°
Yesterday’s Low
5:13 AM
Updated: 8:15:00 am PDT
Humidity
44 %
24h diff 19%
Hi 51% 6:03 AM
Lo 30% 12:04 AM
Dew Point
51 °F
24h diff 11°F
Hi 52° 4:47 AM
Lo 46° 2:18 AM
Wind
NW11 mph
Gust 6.0 mph
Top gust 25.3 mph (6:24 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
5616 ft
10m avg 12.2 mph
Hour top gust 23 mph WNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.71 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.10
Hi 29.72 7:19 AM
Lo 29.66 4:30 AM
Solar
369 wm
86% of max
Daylight 13:35 hr
High Solar 369 wm
Max Temp for this Date
105 °F
2017 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
54 °F
2010 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
80 °F
-4.7° vs now
Record high (this date)
115 °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
72 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
8.5 UV  ·  Very High  ·  May 03
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F74.5
▲ +3.6 °F
70.7°74.5°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg51.0
▲ +0.4 °F
50.6°52.0°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg10.4
▼ -0.4 mph
0.013.2
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph18.0
▲ +4.0 mph
0.025.0
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg44
▼ -4 %
4550
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.72
▲ +0.03 inHg
29.6929.72
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²369
▲ +355 W/m²
14369
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Sunday, May 03, 2026, 8:03 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 1-3

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-3: 0.00 in.

Departure from Normal: below  0.00 in.
Jan 1 to May 3, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 3, 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 3, 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 ° 115 °
 ( 1947 )		 Sunrise:
5:53am 		Sunset:
7:29pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 98%
Low 63 ° 42 °
 ( 1955 )		   Moonrise:
9:53pm 		Moonset:
 6:46am 		 
       
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: 74.3 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 13 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 61.3 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 11.1 °F
Current Dew Point: 51.0 °F Cooler Temperature Output 63.3 °F
Current Humidity: 44 %

 


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