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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
82
°F
Warmer 3.3°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 80.3°F  ·  This time yesterday: 76°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +9.1°F
73.6° 82.7°
2hr ago 60m Now
83
Today’s High
10:39 AM
86°
Yesterday’s High
4:07 PM
67
Today’s Low
3:44 AM
59°
Yesterday’s Low
3:25 AM
Updated: 10:40:00 am PDT
Humidity
19 %
24h diff -7%
Hi 40% 12:00 AM
Lo 18% 10:32 AM
Dew Point
36 °F
24h diff -2°F
Hi 44° 12:00 AM
Lo 33° 4:25 AM
Wind
WSW3 mph
Gust 5.0 mph
Top gust 24.2 mph (2:38 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
10912 ft
10m avg 2.9 mph
Hour top gust 10 mph WSW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.88 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.08
Hi 29.91 8:24 AM
Lo 29.87 3:20 AM
Solar
844 wm
98% of max
Daylight 13:28 hr
High Solar 844 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
+6.1° 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
April
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 °F82.9
▲ +9.0 °F
73.9°82.9°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg38
▼ -4 °F
36°42°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg4.0
▼ -5.0 mph
0.08.3
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph5
▼ -5 mph
016
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg20
▼ -12 %
1931
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.88
▼ -0.02 inHg
29.8829.90
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²844
▲ +452 W/m²
392844
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 10:33 am PDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

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

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:
5:57am 		Sunset:
7:26pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 92%
Low 62 ° 39 °
 ( 1970 )		   Moonrise:
5:56pm 		Moonset:
 4:39am 		 
       
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: 82.7 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 23 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 59.7 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 19.6 °F
Current Dew Point: 36.2 °F Cooler Temperature Output 63.2 °F
Current Humidity: 19 %

 


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