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Thousand Palms, California
81
°F
Warmer 4.9°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 78.6°F  ·  This time yesterday: 80°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +8.6°F
71.2° 79.8°
2hr ago 60m Now
80
Today’s High
10:14 AM
93°
Yesterday’s High
3:02 PM
67
Today’s Low
4:51 AM
70°
Yesterday’s Low
6:18 AM
Updated: 10:15:00 am PDT
Humidity
22 %
24h diff -7%
Hi 39% 12:32 AM
Lo 22% 10:00 AM
Dew Point
38 °F
24h diff -7°F
Hi 45° 9:13 AM
Lo 37° 6:51 AM
Wind
NW4 mph
Gust 2.0 mph
Top gust 21.0 mph (12:06 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
9948 ft
10m avg 5.3 mph
Hour top gust 11 mph W
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.86 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.00
Hi 29.87 10:05 AM
Lo 29.8 5:18 AM
Solar
765 wm
98% of max
Daylight 13:13 hr
High Solar 765 wm
Max Temp for this Date
105°F
2012 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
52°F
2010 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
80°F
+1.5° vs now
Record high (this date)
107°F
1958 · (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
60 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
7.9 UV  ·  High  ·  Apr 21
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F81
▲ +8.6 °F
71.2°79.8°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F38
▼ -6.0 °F
37.2°44.6°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph4.1
▲ +1.1 mph
1.28.1
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph2
▼ -3.4 mph
3.511.5
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %22
▼ -15 %
2237
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg29.86
▲ +0.02 inHg
29.8529.87
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²765
▲ +493 W/m²
255765
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

Wind Advisory  WIND ADVISORY   Wind Advisory
MORONGO BASIN
Areas Affected:
Northwest Plateau - Lake Mead - AZ side - Lake Mohave - AZ side - Hualapai Mountains - Northwest Deserts - Western Mojave Desert - Morongo Basin - Northeast Clark County - Western Clark and Southern Nye County - Sheep Range - Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon - Las Vegas Valley - Southern Clark County - Lake Mead - NV side - Lake Mohave - NV side
This Notice Updated: Tue, 4/21 9:23am Updated: Tue, 4/21 10:03am Urgency: Expected
Next Update: Tue, 4/21 11:00pm Severity:  Moderate  Certainty: Likely
 
Details: 
* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph
expected.

* WHERE...Portions of northwest Arizona, southeast California, and
southern Nevada.

* WHEN...From 2 PM PDT /2 PM MST/ this afternoon to 11 PM PDT /11 PM
MST/ this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Areas of blowing dust will likely cause reduced visibility.

Information: 
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for
high-profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

NWS Weather Alerts

Issued by the National Weather Service

warnings updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 10:03 am PDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

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

April 1-21

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-21: 0.06 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.06 in.
Jan 1 to April 21, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 21, 2026: 1.77 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.79 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Apr 21, 2026: 2.97 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.08 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 ° 107 °
 ( 1958 )		 Sunrise:
6:06am 		Sunset:
7:20pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 17%
Low 60 ° 37 °
 ( 1962 )		   Moonrise:
9:21am 		Moonset:
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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: 79.9 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 21 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 58.9 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 17.9 °F
Current Dew Point: 37.6 °F Cooler Temperature Output 62.1 °F
Current Humidity: 22 %

 


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