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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
84
°F
Warmer 1.8°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 81.1°F  ·  This time yesterday: 75°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +4.3°F
79.5° 83.8°
2hr ago 60m Now
84
Today’s High
1:40 PM
78°
Yesterday’s High
3:15 PM
59
Today’s Low
3:25 AM
55°
Yesterday’s Low
5:30 AM
Updated: 1:49:00 pm PDT
Humidity
18 %
24h diff -10%
Hi 53% 1:57 AM
Lo 17% 1:40 PM
Dew Point
36 °F
24h diff -4°F
Hi 43° 9:02 AM
Lo 34° 1:48 PM
Wind
SSE10 mph
Gust 5.0 mph
Top gust 29.0 mph (1:00 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
11592 ft
10m avg 7.1 mph
Hour top gust 15 mph E
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.89 in
Falling  ·  24h diff 0.04
Hi 29.96 8:51 AM
Lo 29.88 3:01 AM
Solar
928 wm
96% of max
Daylight 13:27 hr
High Solar 970 wm
Max Temp for this Date
106 °F
2013 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
58 °F
2016 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
75 °F
+8.9° vs now
Record high (this date)
106 °F
2007 · (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
67 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  ·  Apr 28
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F83.8
▲ +4.5 °F
79.0°84.4°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg37
▼ -1 °F
35°39°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg6.4
▲ +2.2 mph
0.07.9
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph10
▲ +2 mph
015
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg19
▼ -4 %
1823
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.89
▼ -0.04 inHg
29.8929.93
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²928
▼ -19 W/m²
928970
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 1:48 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 1-28

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-28: 0.07 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.07 in.
Jan 1 to April 28, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 28, 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 28, 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 °
 ( 2007 )		 Sunrise:
5:58am 		Sunset:
7:25pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 92%
Low 62 ° 40 °
 ( 1970 )		   Moonrise:
4:57pm 		Moonset:
 4:14am 		 
       
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: 83.6 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 24.1 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 59.5 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 20.5 °F
Current Dew Point: 34.2 °F Cooler Temperature Output 63.1 °F
Current Humidity: 17 %

 


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