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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
86
°F
Warmer 1.4°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 82.4°F  ·  This time yesterday: 81°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +4.2°F
81.3° 85.9°
2hr ago 60m Now
86
Today’s High
1:47 PM
82°
Yesterday’s High
3:40 PM
61
Today’s Low
6:06 AM
61°
Yesterday’s Low
6:16 AM
Updated: 2:16:00 pm PDT
Humidity
16 %
24h diff -7%
Hi 51% 4:18 AM
Lo 14% 1:15 PM
Dew Point
34 °F
24h diff -5°F
Hi 44° 4:18 AM
Lo 29° 1:18 PM
Wind
NW3 mph
Gust 2.0 mph
Top gust 37.0 mph (3:04 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
11671 ft
10m avg 1.8 mph
Hour top gust 9 mph WSW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.80 in
Falling  ·  24h diff -0.10
Hi 29.9 7:28 AM
Lo 29.8 2:15 PM
Solar
893 wm
97% 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
81 °F
+5.2° 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 avg85.6
▲ +4.0 °F
81.3°85.8°
119m ago60mNow
Dew Point °F10m avg34.0
▲ +3.8 °F
31.0°34.8°
119m ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg3.2
▼ -2.9 mph
1.24.7
119m ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph4.0
▼ -1.0 mph
1.010.0
119m ago60mNow
Humidity %10m avg16
▲ +1 %
1517
119m ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.80
▼ -0.05 inHg
29.8029.85
119m ago60mNow
Solar W/m²97
▼ -3 W/m²
73100
119m ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
119m ago60mNow

warnings updated: Thursday, April 23, 2026, 2:03 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 1-23

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: 85.4 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 24.8 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 60.6 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 21.1 °F
Current Dew Point: 35.6 °F Cooler Temperature Output 64.3 °F
Current Humidity: 17 %

 


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