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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
84
°F
Warmer 1.6°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 80.8°F  ·  This time yesterday: 87°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +4.1°F
79.8° 83.9°
2hr ago 60m Now
84
Today’s High
12:01 PM
93°
Yesterday’s High
3:02 PM
67
Today’s Low
4:51 AM
70°
Yesterday’s Low
6:18 AM
Updated: 12:15:00 pm PDT
Humidity
15 %
24h diff -6%
Hi 39% 12:32 AM
Lo 15% 11:47 AM
Dew Point
32 °F
24h diff -11°F
Hi 45° 9:13 AM
Lo 30° 11:48 AM
Wind
NE6 mph
Gust 7.0 mph
Top gust 21.0 mph (12:06 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
12329 ft
10m avg 2.3 mph
Hour top gust 12 mph W
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.85 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.00
Hi 29.87 10:35 AM
Lo 29.8 5:18 AM
Solar
958 wm
98% of max
Daylight 13:13 hr
High Solar 958 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
87°F
-2.7° 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 °F84
▲ +4.1 °F
79.8°83.9°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F31
▼ -4.7 °F
30.7°38.6°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph5.5
▼ -1.1 mph
1.25.8
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph7
▲ +4.6 mph
1.210.4
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %15
▼ -6 %
1522
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg29.85
▼ -0.02 inHg
29.8529.87
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²958
▲ +193 W/m²
765958
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 12:18 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 1-21

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: 84.1 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 25 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 59.1 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 21.3 °F
Current Dew Point: 31.4 °F Cooler Temperature Output 62.9 °F
Current Humidity: 15 %

 


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