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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
86
°F
Colder 3.2°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 83.2°F  ·  This time yesterday: 72°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -3.1°F
86.1° 89.8°
2hr ago 60m Now
90
Today’s High
4:34 PM
79°
Yesterday’s High
2:50 PM
62
Today’s Low
5:24 AM
60°
Yesterday’s Low
5:34 AM
Updated: 6:45:00 pm PDT
Humidity
23 %
24h diff -14%
Hi 54% 2:22 AM
Lo 19% 2:29 PM
Dew Point
44 °F
24h diff -0°F
Hi 47° 11:10 AM
Lo 40° 2:36 PM
Wind
ESE4 mph
Gust 8.0 mph
Top gust 27.0 mph (3:27 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
9920 ft
10m avg 6.6 mph
Hour top gust 12 mph ESE
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.83 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.06
Hi 29.95 9:36 AM
Lo 29.82 5:00 PM
Solar
79 wm
69% of max
Daylight 13:43 hr
High Solar 970 wm
Max Temp for this Date
107 °F
2020 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
56 °F
2017 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
72 °F
+14.4° vs now
Record high (this date)
108 °F
1963 · (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
75 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
7.5 UV  ·  High  ·  May 06
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F86.2
▼ -3.0 °F
86.2°90.0°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg44
● +0 °F
42°44°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg4.3
▼ -0.9 mph
0.07.2
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph8
▲ +1 mph
012
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg23
▲ +2 %
2023
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.83
● +0.00 inHg
29.8229.83
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²79
▼ -433 W/m²
79512
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Wednesday, May 06, 2026, 6:33 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 1-6

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-6: 0.01 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.01 in.
Jan 1 to May 6, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 6, 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 6, 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 ° 108 °
 ( 1963 )		 Sunrise:
5:50am 		Sunset:
7:32pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 81%
Low 64 ° 45 °
 ( 1964 )		   Moonrise:
--- 		Moonset:
 9:13am 		 
       
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: 86.1 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 22.8 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 63.3 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 19.4 °F
Current Dew Point: 44.0 °F Cooler Temperature Output 66.7 °F
Current Humidity: 23 %

 


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