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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
88
°F
Warmer 3.3°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 84.6°F  ·  This time yesterday: 82°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +5.2°F
83.1° 88.3°
2hr ago 60m Now
89
Today’s High
3:31 PM
82°
Yesterday’s High
3:40 PM
61
Today’s Low
6:06 AM
61°
Yesterday’s Low
6:16 AM
Updated: 3:33:00 pm PDT
Humidity
14 %
24h diff -9%
Hi 51% 4:18 AM
Lo 12% 3:32 PM
Dew Point
33 °F
24h diff -7°F
Hi 44° 4:18 AM
Lo 29° 3:32 PM
Wind
E4 mph
Gust 0.0 mph
Top gust 37.0 mph (3:04 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
13778 ft
10m avg 4.4 mph
Hour top gust 12 mph ENE
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.75 in
Falling  ·  24h diff -0.10
Hi 29.9 7:28 AM
Lo 29.75 3:30 PM
Solar
722 wm
98% of max
Daylight 13:17 hr
High Solar 1032 wm
Max Temp for this Date
101 °F
2020 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
53 °F
2010 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
82 °F
+6.3° vs now
Record high (this date)
105 °F
1949 · (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
62 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 23
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F5m avg88.3
▲ +4.9 °F
83.1°88.0°
119m ago60mNow
Dew Point °F10m avg33.0
▲ +1.3 °F
31.2°34.9°
119m ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg5.9
▲ +3.7 mph
0.55.2
119m ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph8.0
▲ +2.0 mph
1.09.0
119m ago60mNow
Humidity %10m avg14
▼ -2 %
1417
119m ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.75
▼ -0.07 inHg
29.7529.82
119m ago60mNow
Solar W/m²98
▲ +1 W/m²
9399
119m ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
119m ago60mNow

warnings updated: Thursday, April 23, 2026, 3:18 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 1-23

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-23: 0.07 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.07 in.
Jan 1 to April 23, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 23, 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 23, 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 88 ° 105 °
 ( 1949 )		 Sunrise:
6:03am 		Sunset:
7:21pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 46%
Low 61 ° 41 °
 ( 1932 )		   Moonrise:
11:41am 		Moonset:
 1:36am 		 
       
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: 88.0 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 27.8 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 60.2 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 23.6 °F
Current Dew Point: 29.0 °F Cooler Temperature Output 64.4 °F
Current Humidity: 12 %

 


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