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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
90
°F
Warmer 2.5°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 85.2°F  ·  This time yesterday: 88°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +2.1°F
86.5° 88.9°
2hr ago 60m Now
89
Today’s High
3:16 PM
89°
Yesterday’s High
4:13 PM
67
Today’s Low
6:24 AM
61°
Yesterday’s Low
6:06 AM
Updated: 3:26:00 pm PDT
Humidity
20 %
24h diff 4%
Hi 48% 1:49 AM
Lo 19% 1:49 PM
Dew Point
43 °F
24h diff 8°F
Hi 49° 12:00 AM
Lo 39° 2:37 PM
Wind
NW5 mph
Gust 13.0 mph
Top gust 27.0 mph (6:59 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
10578 ft
10m avg 4.6 mph
Hour top gust 17 mph W
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.64 in
Falling  ·  24h diff -0.11
Hi 29.78 12:41 AM
Lo 29.64 3:25 PM
Solar
744 wm
98% of max
Daylight 13:19 hr
High Solar 1257 wm
Max Temp for this Date
102 °F
2020 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
58 °F
2006 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
88 °F
+2.1° vs now
Record high (this date)
103 °F
2019 · (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
63 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 24
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F5m avg88.9
▲ +1.6 °F
86.4°88.9°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F10m avg43.0
▼ -0.8 °F
40.9°44.7°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg5.5
▲ +1.4 mph
0.05.8
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph10.0
▲ +8.0 mph
0.017.0
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %10m avg20
▼ -2 %
2022
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.64
▼ -0.05 inHg
29.6429.69
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²744
▼ -223 W/m²
3431,028
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

Wind Advisory  WIND ADVISORY   Wind Advisory
COACHELLA VALLEY
Areas Affected:
Coachella Valley - San Diego County Deserts
This Notice Updated: Fri, 4/24 10:55am Updated: Fri, 4/24 3:18pm Urgency: Expected
Next Update: Sat, 4/25 2:00am Severity:  Moderate  Certainty: Likely
 
Details: 
* WHAT...West winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 to 55 mph
expected. Briefly stronger gusts will be possible on the desert
mountain slopes in San Diego County. Blowing dust will be possible.

* WHERE...Coachella Valley and San Diego County Deserts.

* WHEN...From 2 PM Saturday to 11 AM PDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Blowing dust may reduce visibility.

Information: 
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

Secure outdoor objects.

NWS Weather Alerts

Issued by the National Weather Service

warnings updated: Friday, April 24, 2026, 3:18 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 1-24

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-24: 0.07 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.07 in.
Jan 1 to April 24, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 24, 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 24, 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 89 ° 103 °
 ( 2019 )		 Sunrise:
6:02am 		Sunset:
7:22pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 57%
Low 61 ° 43 °
 ( 1960 )		   Moonrise:
12:50pm 		Moonset:
 2:17am 		 
       
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: 89.0 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 24.5 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 64.5 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 20.8 °F
Current Dew Point: 44.0 °F Cooler Temperature Output 68.2 °F
Current Humidity: 21 %

 


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