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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
73
°F
Colder 2.1°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 77.3°F  ·  This time yesterday: 74°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -6°F
73.8° 79.8°
2hr ago 60m Now
96
Today’s High
3:19 PM
92°
Yesterday’s High
2:56 PM
67
Today’s Low
6:11 AM
67°
Yesterday’s Low
3:44 AM
Updated: 9:50:00 pm PDT
Humidity
48 %
24h diff 15%
Hi 48% 9:31 PM
Lo 10% 2:15 PM
Dew Point
53 °F
24h diff 10°F
Hi 54° 8:09 PM
Lo 29° 2:15 PM
Wind
WSW14 mph
Gust 18.0 mph
Top gust 33.4 mph (9:45 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
5065 ft
10m avg 17.4 mph
Hour top gust 33 mph W
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.67 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.11
Hi 29.8 12:47 AM
Lo 29.59 4:31 PM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 13:32 hr
High Solar 1197 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
74 °F
-1.2° vs now
Record high (this date)
109 °F
2021 · (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
69 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 °F73.8
▼ -5.5 °F
73.8°79.3°
115m ago58mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg53
● +0 °F
53°54°
115m ago58mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg15.9
▲ +5.7 mph
0.016.8
115m ago58mNow
Wind Gust mph26
▲ +5 mph
033
115m ago58mNow
Humidity %5m avg48
▲ +8 %
4048
115m ago58mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.68
▲ +0.05 inHg
29.6329.68
115m ago58mNow
Solar W/m²0
● +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
115m ago58mNow

warnings updated: Thursday, April 30, 2026, 9:48 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 1-30

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-30: 0.07 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.07 in.
Jan 1 to April 30, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 30, 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 30, 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 ° 109 °
 ( 2021 )		 Sunrise:
5:56am 		Sunset:
7:27pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 100%
Low 62 ° 40 °
 ( 1942 )		   Moonrise:
6:55pm 		Moonset:
 5:06am 		 
       
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: 73.8 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 11.9 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 61.9 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 10.1 °F
Current Dew Point: 52.9 °F Cooler Temperature Output 63.7 °F
Current Humidity: 48 %

 


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