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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
73
°F
Colder 2.3°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 76.8°F  ·  This time yesterday: 74°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -4.6°F
72.9° 77.9°
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: 6:25:00 pm PDT
Humidity
35 %
24h diff 4%
Hi 61% 6:08 AM
Lo 24% 4:32 PM
Dew Point
44 °F
24h diff 2°F
Hi 48° 11:46 AM
Lo 38° 4:32 PM
Wind
S15 mph
Gust 15.0 mph
Top gust 30.0 mph (6:23 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
6972 ft
10m avg 15.1 mph
Hour top gust 30 mph WNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.76 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.00
Hi 29.84 11:02 AM
Lo 29.75 5:34 PM
Solar
153 wm
87% 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
74 °F
-1° 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 °F72.7
▼ -4.7 °F
72.7°77.9°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg44
▲ +4 °F
39°44°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg11.8
▼ -0.4 mph
0.016.8
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph22
▲ +4 mph
030
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg36
▲ +9 %
2535
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.76
● +0.00 inHg
29.7629.76
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²153
▼ -427 W/m²
153580
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Tuesday, May 05, 2026, 6:18 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: 72.8 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 15 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 57.8 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 12.8 °F
Current Dew Point: 43.5 °F Cooler Temperature Output 60.1 °F
Current Humidity: 35 %

 


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