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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
86
°F
Warmer 2.6°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 82.3°F  ·  This time yesterday: 87°F
85
Today’s High
1:32 PM
88°
Yesterday’s High
3:22 PM
68
Today’s Low
6:24 AM
61°
Yesterday’s Low
6:45 AM
Updated: 1:40:00 pm PDT
Humidity
19 %
24h diff 0%
Hi 49% 12:43 AM
Lo 17% 12:55 PM
Dew Point
39 °F
24h diff -1°F
Hi 50° 12:43 AM
Lo 34° 12:57 PM
Wind
NNE6 mph
Gust 7.0 mph
Top gust 25.3 mph (8:19 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
11029 ft
10m avg 3.9 mph
Hour top gust 10 mph W
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.73 in
Falling  ·  24h diff -0.13
Hi 29.82 12:39 AM
Lo 29.73 1:39 PM
Solar
677 wm
71% of max
Daylight 13:03 hr
High Solar 1137 wm
Max Temp for this Date
97°F
2011 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
51°F
2009 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
87°F
-0.5° vs now
Record high (this date)
110°F
1948 · (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
55 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 UV  ·  High  ·  Apr 16
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

warnings updated: Thursday, April 16, 2026, 1:33 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 1-16

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-16: 0.06 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.06 in.
Jan 1 to April 16, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 16, 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 16, 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 87 ° 110 °
 ( 1948 )		 Sunrise:
6:11am 		Sunset:
7:16pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 3%
Low 59 ° 43 °
 ( 1922 )		   Moonrise:
5:30am 		Moonset:
 6:50pm 		 
       
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: 85.5 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 24.1 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 61.4 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 20.5 °F
Current Dew Point: 38.5 °F Cooler Temperature Output 65 °F
Current Humidity: 19 %

 


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