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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
99
°F
Colder 2.8°F than last hour.
Warm —
Feels like 95.7°F  ·  This time yesterday: 98°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -4.4°F
99.3° 103.7°
2hr ago 60m Now
105
Today’s High
3:27 PM
103°
Yesterday’s High
3:06 PM
78
Today’s Low
6:12 AM
77°
Yesterday’s Low
6:18 AM
Updated: 6:05:00 pm PDT
Humidity
17 %
24h diff -2%
Hi 42% 12:13 AM
Lo 9% 2:56 PM
Dew Point
47 °F
24h diff -2°F
Hi 55° 12:13 AM
Lo 34° 2:57 PM
Wind
WNW11 mph
Gust 9.0 mph
Top gust 30.0 mph (2:28 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
12291 ft
10m avg 11.7 mph
Hour top gust 21 mph NW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.61 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.05
Hi 29.73 8:56 AM
Lo 29.6 5:39 PM
Solar
243 wm
97% of max
Daylight 13:47 hr
High Solar 1002 wm
Max Temp for this Date
105 °F
2025 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
59 °F
2011 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
98 °F
+1.1° vs now
Record high (this date)
110 °F
1934 · (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
78 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
8.8 UV  ·  Very High  ·  May 09
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F99.1
▼ -4.5 °F
99.1°103.6°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg48
▲ +5 °F
43°50°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg10.2
▲ +7.2 mph
0.010.8
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph18
▲ +10 mph
021
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg18
▲ +5 %
1318
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.61
▼ -0.02 inHg
29.6029.62
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²243
▼ -404 W/m²
243647
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Saturday, May 09, 2026, 6:03 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 1-9

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-9: 0.01 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.01 in.
Jan 1 to May 9, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 9, 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 9, 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 93 ° 110 °
 ( 1934 )		 Sunrise:
5:48am 		Sunset:
7:34pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 51%
Low 65 ° 42 °
 ( 1930 )		   Moonrise:
1:33am 		Moonset:
 12:11pm 		 
       
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: 99.3 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 30.2 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 69.1 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 25.7 °F
Current Dew Point: 46.8 °F Cooler Temperature Output 73.6 °F
Current Humidity: 17 %

 


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