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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
77
°F
Colder 1.8°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 77.4°F  ·  This time yesterday: 76°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -2.1°F
76.7° 78.8°
2hr ago 60m Now
79
Today’s High
2:50 PM
78°
Yesterday’s High
3:35 PM
60
Today’s Low
5:34 AM
62°
Yesterday’s Low
6:27 AM
Updated: 5:00:00 pm PDT
Humidity
29 %
24h diff -1%
Hi 61% 6:08 AM
Lo 24% 4:32 PM
Dew Point
42 °F
24h diff 0°F
Hi 48° 11:46 AM
Lo 38° 4:32 PM
Wind
NNW15 mph
Gust 15.0 mph
Top gust 25.3 mph (3:45 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
8209 ft
10m avg 13.5 mph
Hour top gust 25 mph W
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.76 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.01
Hi 29.84 11:02 AM
Lo 29.76 4:54 PM
Solar
462 wm
96% of max
Daylight 13:41 hr
High Solar 1056 wm
Max Temp for this Date
105 °F
2020 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
58 °F
2023 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
76 °F
+1.4° vs now
Record high (this date)
109 °F
1948 · (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
74 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
6.7 UV  ·  High  ·  May 05
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F76.6
▼ -2.2 °F
76.6°79.2°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg41
● +0 °F
39°41°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg12.9
▲ +8.5 mph
0.012.5
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph25
▲ +18 mph
025
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg28
▲ +2 %
2528
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.76
▼ -0.02 inHg
29.7629.78
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²462
▼ -359 W/m²
462821
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Tuesday, May 05, 2026, 4:48 pm PDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

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

May 1-5

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-5: 0.01 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.01 in.
Jan 1 to May 5, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 5, 2026: 1.79 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.81 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to May 5, 2026: 2.99 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.10 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 ° 109 °
 ( 1948 )		 Sunrise:
5:51am 		Sunset:
7:31pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 88%
Low 64 ° 41 °
 ( 1964 )		   Moonrise:
11:37pm 		Moonset:
 8:19am 		 
       
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: 76.7 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 17.8 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 58.9 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 15.1 °F
Current Dew Point: 42.0 °F Cooler Temperature Output 61.6 °F
Current Humidity: 29 %

 


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