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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
84
°F
Warmer 0.7°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 81.7°F  ·  This time yesterday: 77°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +2.2°F
82° 85.2°
2hr ago 60m Now
85
Today’s High
2:40 PM
78°
Yesterday’s High
3:15 PM
59
Today’s Low
3:25 AM
55°
Yesterday’s Low
5:30 AM
Updated: 2:49:00 pm PDT
Humidity
17 %
24h diff -9%
Hi 53% 1:57 AM
Lo 17% 1:40 PM
Dew Point
35 °F
24h diff -4°F
Hi 43° 9:02 AM
Lo 34° 1:52 PM
Wind
ESE9 mph
Gust 3.0 mph
Top gust 29.0 mph (1:00 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
11610 ft
10m avg 8.4 mph
Hour top gust 16 mph SE
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.88 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.04
Hi 29.96 8:51 AM
Lo 29.87 2:47 PM
Solar
831 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
77 °F
+7.4° 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 °F84.6
▲ +2.6 °F
81.9°85.3°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg36
▼ -3 °F
35°39°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg4.5
▲ +2.1 mph
0.08.4
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph9
● +0 mph
016
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg18
▼ -4 %
1721
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.87
▼ -0.03 inHg
29.8829.91
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²831
▼ -131 W/m²
816965
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 2:48 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: 84.0 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 24.2 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 59.8 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 20.6 °F
Current Dew Point: 34.5 °F Cooler Temperature Output 63.4 °F
Current Humidity: 17 %

 


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