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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
73
°F
Warmer 2.8°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 76.5°F  ·  This time yesterday: 74°F
73
Today’s High
8:47 AM
88°
Yesterday’s High
3:22 PM
68
Today’s Low
6:24 AM
61°
Yesterday’s Low
6:45 AM
Updated: 8:55:00 am PDT
Humidity
31 %
24h diff -3%
Hi 49% 12:43 AM
Lo 30% 8:46 AM
Dew Point
41 °F
24h diff -2°F
Hi 50° 12:43 AM
Lo 39° 8:04 AM
Wind
NW9 mph
Gust 14.0 mph
Top gust 25.3 mph (8:19 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
7700 ft
10m avg 11.6 mph
Hour top gust 25 mph WNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.78 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.13
Hi 29.82 12:39 AM
Lo 29.74 5:37 AM
Solar
311 wm
61% of max
Daylight 13:03 hr
High Solar 362 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
74°F
-1.1° 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

Wind Advisory  WIND ADVISORY   Wind Advisory
MORONGO BASIN
Areas Affected:
Northwest Deserts - Western Mojave Desert - Eastern Mojave Desert, Including the Mojave National Preserve - Morongo Basin - Cadiz Basin - Southern Clark County
This Notice Updated: Thu, 4/16 3:13am Updated: Thu, 4/16 8:48am Urgency: Expected
Next Update: Thu, 4/16 4:00pm Severity:  Moderate  Certainty: Likely
 
Details: 
* WHAT...Today, southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph
expected. Tonight and Friday, north-northwest winds 15 to 25 mph
with gusts up to 45 mph expected.

* WHERE...In Arizona, Northwest Deserts. In California, Cadiz Basin,
Eastern Mojave Desert, Morongo Basin, and Western Mojave Desert.
In Nevada, Southern Clark County.

* WHEN...From 11 AM PDT / MST this morning to 11 AM PDT / MST Friday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for
high-profile vehicles, particularly along east-west thoroughfares
including Interstate 15 and Interstate 40.

NWS Weather Alerts

Issued by the National Weather Service

warnings updated: Thursday, April 16, 2026, 8:48 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 1-16

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: 73.0 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 16.2 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 56.8 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 13.8 °F
Current Dew Point: 40.6 °F Cooler Temperature Output 59.2 °F
Current Humidity: 31 %

 


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