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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
61
°F
Colder 1.3°F than last hour.
Cool —
Feels like 61.4°F  ·  This time yesterday: 65°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -2.8°F
61.2° 64.2°
2hr ago 60m Now
64
Today’s High
12:00 AM
78°
Yesterday’s High
3:35 PM
61
Today’s Low
1:45 AM
62°
Yesterday’s Low
6:27 AM
Updated: 1:55:00 am PDT
Humidity
56 %
24h diff 16%
Hi 58% 1:41 AM
Lo 50% 12:00 AM
Dew Point
46 °F
24h diff 5°F
Hi 46° 1:41 AM
Lo 45° 12:02 AM
Wind
NW6 mph
Gust 3.0 mph
Top gust 18.4 mph (12:35 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
3902 ft
10m avg 6.8 mph
Hour top gust 17 mph WNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.79 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.01
Hi 29.79 12:59 AM
Lo 29.79 12:16 AM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 13:39 hr
High Solar 0 wm
Max Temp for this Date
105 °F
2020 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
58 °F
2023 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
65 °F
-4.3° vs now
Record high (this date)
109 °F
1948 · (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
74 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
6.7 UV  ·  High  ·  May 05
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F61.3
▼ -2.7 °F
61.2°64.0°
118m ago59mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg46.0
▲ +1.0 °F
45.0°46.0°
118m ago59mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg6.0
▲ +3.2 mph
0.08.3
118m ago59mNow
Wind Gust mph10.0
▲ +2.0 mph
0.018.0
118m ago59mNow
Humidity %5m avg56
▲ +6 %
5058
118m ago59mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.79
● +0.00 inHg
29.7929.79
118m ago59mNow
Solar W/m²0
● +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
118m ago59mNow

warnings updated: Tuesday, May 05, 2026, 1:48 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 1-5

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-5: 0.01 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.01 in.
Jan 1 to May 5, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 5, 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 5, 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 91 ° 109 °
 ( 1948 )		 Sunrise:
5:51am 		Sunset:
7:31pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 88%
Low 64 ° 41 °
 ( 1964 )		   Moonrise:
11:37pm 		Moonset:
 8:19am 		 
       
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: 61.4 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 8 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 53.4 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 6.8 °F
Current Dew Point: 45.6 °F Cooler Temperature Output 54.6 °F
Current Humidity: 56 %

 


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