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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
86
°F
Warmer 3.5°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 83.5°F  ·  This time yesterday: 77°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +6.6°F
79.6° 87°
2hr ago 60m Now
87
Today’s High
10:23 AM
90°
Yesterday’s High
4:34 PM
72
Today’s Low
2:07 AM
62°
Yesterday’s Low
5:24 AM
Updated: 10:30:00 am PDT
Humidity
26 %
24h diff -6%
Hi 46% 2:04 AM
Lo 26% 10:25 AM
Dew Point
47 °F
24h diff 3°F
Hi 52° 10:14 AM
Lo 46° 5:35 AM
Wind
Calm
Gust 0.0 mph
Top gust 22.0 mph (4:11 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
9183 ft
10m avg 0.8 mph
Hour top gust 4 mph S
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.85 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.10
Hi 29.88 12:07 AM
Lo 29.82 5:16 AM
Solar
807 wm
94% of max
Daylight 13:43 hr
High Solar 807 wm
Max Temp for this Date
107 °F
2020 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
53 °F
2017 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
77 °F
+9.2° vs now
Record high (this date)
110 °F
2020 · (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
76 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
7.8 UV  ·  High  ·  May 07
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F86.2
▲ +6.7 °F
79.5°87.1°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg47
▼ -2 °F
47°50°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg0.1
▼ -4.0 mph
0.04.7
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph1
▼ -4 mph
07
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg26
▼ -10 %
2636
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.85
▼ -0.01 inHg
29.8529.86
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²807
▲ +383 W/m²
424807
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Thursday, May 07, 2026, 10:18 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 1-7

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-7: 0.01 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.01 in.
Jan 1 to May 7, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 7, 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 7, 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 92 ° 110 °
 ( 2020 )		 Sunrise:
5:50am 		Sunset:
7:32pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 72%
Low 64 ° 36 °
 ( 1964 )		   Moonrise:
12:21am 		Moonset:
 10:11am 		 
       
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: 86.2 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 21.7 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 64.5 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 18.4 °F
Current Dew Point: 47.3 °F Cooler Temperature Output 67.8 °F
Current Humidity: 26 %

 


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