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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
72
°F
Colder 1.9°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 77.0°F  ·  This time yesterday: 71°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -4.2°F
71.5° 75.7°
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: 11:10:00 pm PDT
Humidity
41 %
24h diff 2%
Hi 42% 11:05 PM
Lo 12% 12:38 PM
Dew Point
47 °F
24h diff 2°F
Hi 47° 11:05 PM
Lo 29° 12:39 PM
Wind
WNW11 mph
Gust 12.0 mph
Top gust 28.0 mph (8:56 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
5986 ft
10m avg 9.5 mph
Hour top gust 21 mph W
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.80 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.10
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
71 °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
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
7.6 UV  ·  High  ·  Apr 30
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F71.4
▼ -4.2 °F
71.4°75.6°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg47
▲ +3 °F
42°47°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg8.1
▼ -0.5 mph
0.010.6
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph17
▼ -3 mph
022
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg42
▲ +9 %
3242
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.80
▲ +0.01 inHg
29.7829.80
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²0
● +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 11:03 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:
5:57am 		Sunset:
7:26pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 98%
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: 71.5 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 13.2 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 58.3 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 11.2 °F
Current Dew Point: 46.6 °F Cooler Temperature Output 60.3 °F
Current Humidity: 41 %

 


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