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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
72
°F
Colder 1.1°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 76.8°F  ·  This time yesterday: 70°F
Past 2 Hours ● -0.5°F
71.5° 72.7°
2hr ago 60m Now
73
Today’s High
12:00 AM
96°
Yesterday’s High
3:19 PM
71
Today’s Low
12:54 AM
67°
Yesterday’s Low
6:11 AM
Updated: 12:55:00 am PDT
Humidity
51 %
24h diff 6%
Hi 51% 12:40 AM
Lo 47% 12:00 AM
Dew Point
52 °F
24h diff 5°F
Hi 53° 12:40 AM
Lo 51° 12:00 AM
Wind
NW13 mph
Gust 10.0 mph
Top gust 30.0 mph (12:05 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
4642 ft
10m avg 16.3 mph
Hour top gust 30 mph WNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.70 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.09
Hi 29.7 12:54 AM
Lo 29.69 12:19 AM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 13:32 hr
High Solar 0 wm
Max Temp for this Date
106 °F
2021 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
55 °F
2010 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
70 °F
+2.1° vs now
Record high (this date)
108 °F
1947 · (Palm Springs Airport)
Rain today
0.00 in
Rate: 0.000 in/hr
Yesterday
0.00  in
Storm: 0.00 in
May
0.00 in
Last rain: 2/19/2026
Cal year
0.98 in
70 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
8.8 UV  ·  Very High  ·  May 01
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F71.4
▼ -0.6 °F
71.4°72.7°
118m ago59mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg52
● +0 °F
51°53°
118m ago59mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg13.3
● +0.0 mph
0.016.4
118m ago59mNow
Wind Gust mph23
● +0 mph
030
118m ago59mNow
Humidity %5m avg51
▲ +2 %
4751
118m ago59mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.70
▲ +0.02 inHg
29.6829.70
118m ago59mNow
Solar W/m²0
▲ +100 W/m²
-1000
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
118m ago59mNow

warnings updated: Friday, May 01, 2026, 12:48 am PDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

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

May 1-1

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-1: 0.00 in.

Departure from Normal: below  0.00 in.
Jan 1 to May 1, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 1, 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 May 1, 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 ° 108 °
 ( 1947 )		 Sunrise:
5:55am 		Sunset:
7:28pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 100%
Low 63 ° 43 °
 ( 1984 )		   Moonrise:
7:55pm 		Moonset:
 5:35am 		 
       
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: 71.4 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 10.7 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 60.7 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 9.1 °F
Current Dew Point: 52.3 °F Cooler Temperature Output 62.3 °F
Current Humidity: 51 %

 


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