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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
77
°F
Colder 3.7°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 77.5°F  ·  This time yesterday: 76°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -8.1°F
76.2° 84.3°
2hr ago 60m Now
92
Today’s High
2:56 PM
86°
Yesterday’s High
4:07 PM
67
Today’s Low
3:44 AM
59°
Yesterday’s Low
3:25 AM
Updated: 8:50:00 pm PDT
Humidity
 %
24h diff %
Hi 40% 12:00 AM
Lo 12% 12:38 PM
Dew Point
 °F
24h diff °F
Hi 47° 8:07 PM
Lo 29° 12:39 PM
Wind
WNW10 mph
Gust 8.0 mph
Top gust 27.9 mph (7:39 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
7421 ft
10m avg 12.1 mph
Hour top gust 24 mph WNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
 in
 ·  24h diff
Hi 29.91 8:24 AM
Lo 29.72 6:23 PM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 13:30 hr
High Solar 1151 wm
Max Temp for this Date
105 °F
2023 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
54 °F
2010 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
76 °F
+1.5° vs now
Record high (this date)
106 °F
1959 · (Palm Springs Airport)
Rain today
0.00 in
Rate: 0.000 in/hr
Yesterday
0.00  in
Storm: 0.00 in
0.00 in
Last rain: 2/19/2026
Cal year
0.98 in
68 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
8.1 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Apr 29
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F76.3
▼ -7.7 °F
76.3°84.0°
115m ago58mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg45
▲ +1 °F
44°47°
115m ago58mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg11.5
▼ -2.6 mph
0.013.3
115m ago58mNow
Wind Gust mph16
▲ +2 mph
028
115m ago58mNow
Humidity %5m avg33
▲ +8 %
2533
115m ago58mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.78
▲ +0.04 inHg
29.7429.78
115m ago58mNow
Solar W/m²0
▼ -62 W/m²
062
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
115m ago58mNow

warnings updated: Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 8:48 pm PDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

Rainfall data: Thousand Palms, CA(DesertWeather.com) / Climate data: DesertWeather.com - Averaged data, last 25 years. Archived gauges displayed HERE.

April 1-29

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-29: 0.07 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.07 in.
Jan 1 to April 29, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 29, 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 Apr 29, 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 90 ° 106 °
 ( 1959 )		 Sunrise:
 Sunset:
  
Moon Percent:
Low 62 ° 39 °
 ( 1970 )		   Moonrise:
 Moonset:
 		 
       
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: 76.2 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 16.5 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 59.7 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 14 °F
Current Dew Point: 45.0 °F Cooler Temperature Output 62.2 °F
Current Humidity: 33 %

 


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