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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
84
°F
Colder 6.2°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 83.8°F  ·  This time yesterday: 102°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -14.6°F
84.7° 99.3°
2hr ago 60m Now
101
Today’s High
3:57 PM
110°
Yesterday’s High
2:38 PM
77
Today’s Low
6:40 AM
85°
Yesterday’s Low
5:50 AM
Updated: 7:15:00 pm PDT
Humidity
38 %
24h diff 26%
Hi 38% 7:06 PM
Lo 7% 2:54 PM
Dew Point
56 °F
24h diff 17°F
Hi 57° 6:22 PM
Lo 24° 2:54 PM
Wind
NW11 mph
Gust 7.0 mph
Top gust 23.0 mph (2:40 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
6781 ft
10m avg 12.8 mph
Hour top gust 22 mph NW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.73 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.04
Hi 29.84 9:05 AM
Lo 29.7 2:11 AM
Solar
25 wm
60% of max
Daylight 13:52 hr
High Solar 977 wm
Max Temp for this Date
106 °F
2013 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
53 °F
2022 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
102 °F
-17.5° 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
81 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 °F84.4
▼ -15.3 °F
84.4°99.7°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg56
▲ +20 °F
36°57°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg12.3
▲ +9.3 mph
0.011.7
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph20
▲ +16 mph
022
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg38
▲ +27 %
1138
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.73
● +0.00 inHg
29.7229.73
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²25
▼ -411 W/m²
25436
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 7:18 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 1-12

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-12: 0.01 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.01 in.
Jan 1 to May 12, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 12, 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 12, 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 94 ° 112 °
 ( 1988 )		 Sunrise:
5:46am 		Sunset:
7:36pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 21%
Low 65 ° 41 °
 ( 1989 )		   Moonrise:
2:58am 		Moonset:
 3:18pm 		 
       
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: 84.7 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 17.1 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 67.6 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 14.5 °F
Current Dew Point: 56.3 °F Cooler Temperature Output 70.2 °F
Current Humidity: 38 %

 


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