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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
66
°F
Warmer 0.1°F than last hour.
Cool —
Feels like 65.5°F  ·  This time yesterday: 78°F
Past 2 Hours ● -0.1°F
64.4° 66.2°
2hr ago 60m Now
66
Today’s High
1:15 AM
86°
Yesterday’s High
12:57 PM
64
Today’s Low
2:23 AM
66°
Yesterday’s Low
11:50 PM
Updated: 2:45:00 am PDT
Humidity
42 %
24h diff 7%
Hi 46% 12:00 AM
Lo 39% 2:02 AM
Dew Point
42 °F
24h diff -7°F
Hi 45° 12:00 AM
Lo 40° 2:02 AM
Wind
W8 mph
Gust 5.0 mph
Top gust 26.5 mph (12:07 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
5704 ft
10m avg 10.8 mph
Hour top gust 19 mph NNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.76 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.07
Hi 29.81 1:11 AM
Lo 29.74 12:04 AM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 13:37 hr
High Solar 0 wm
Max Temp for this Date
104 °F
2017 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
56 °F
2023 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
78 °F
-12.2° vs now
Record high (this date)
109 °F
1947 · (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
73 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
8.3 UV  ·  Very High  ·  May 04
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F65.5
● -0.2 °F
64.4°66.4°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg42.0
▼ -1.2 °F
40.0°43.0°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg8.7
▲ +1.6 mph
0.012.1
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph18.0
▲ +6.0 mph
0.022.0
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg42
▼ -2 %
3944
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.76
▼ -0.02 inHg
29.7629.81
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²0
● +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Monday, May 04, 2026, 2:33 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 1-4

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-4: 0.00 in.

Departure from Normal: below  0.00 in.
Jan 1 to May 4, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 4, 2026: 1.78 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.80 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to May 4, 2026: 2.98 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.09 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 °
 ( 1947 )		 Sunrise:
5:52am 		Sunset:
7:30pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 94%
Low 63 ° 44 °
 ( 1953 )		   Moonrise:
10:47pm 		Moonset:
 7:29am 		 
       
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: 65.5 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 11.6 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 53.9 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 9.9 °F
Current Dew Point: 41.8 °F Cooler Temperature Output 55.6 °F
Current Humidity: 42 %

 


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