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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
91
°F
Colder 0.4°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 87.2°F  ·  This time yesterday: 86°F
Past 2 Hours ● -1.4°F
91.4° 92.8°
2hr ago 60m Now
110
Today’s High
2:38 PM
108°
Yesterday’s High
3:41 PM
85
Today’s Low
5:50 AM
80°
Yesterday’s Low
3:54 AM
Updated: 11:50:00 pm PDT
Humidity
14 %
24h diff -16%
Hi 33% 12:31 AM
Lo 6% 1:54 PM
Dew Point
36 °F
24h diff -15°F
Hi 53° 12:31 AM
Lo 25° 7:15 AM
Wind
SW8 mph
Gust 8.0 mph
Top gust 24.2 mph (1:06 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
13071 ft
10m avg 10.1 mph
Hour top gust 20 mph WNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.73 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.03
Hi 29.81 8:15 AM
Lo 29.68 5:19 PM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 13:50 hr
High Solar 1000 wm
Max Temp for this Date
106 °F
2025 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
57 °F
2022 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
86 °F
+5° vs now
Record high (this date)
112 °F
1988 · (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
80 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
9.3 UV  ·  Very High  ·  May 12
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F91.6
● -1.2 °F
91.4°92.8°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg36
▼ -6 °F
35°42°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg9.2
▲ +1.6 mph
0.09.7
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph14
▲ +2 mph
021
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg14
▼ -3 %
1317
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.73
● +0.00 inHg
29.7329.74
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²0
● +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Monday, May 11, 2026, 11:48 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 1-11

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-11: 0.01 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.01 in.
Jan 1 to May 11, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 11, 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 11, 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 ° 112 °
 ( 1988 )		 Sunrise:
5:46am 		Sunset:
7:36pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 31%
Low 65 ° 38 °
 ( 1933 )		   Moonrise:
2:31am 		Moonset:
 2:15pm 		 
       
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: 91.4 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 28.4 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 63.0 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 24.1 °F
Current Dew Point: 35.5 °F Cooler Temperature Output 67.3 °F
Current Humidity: 14 %

 


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