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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
73
°F
Warmer 1.6°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 75.4°F  ·  This time yesterday: 76°F
74
Today’s High
9:30 AM
87°
Yesterday’s High
2:40 PM
64
Today’s Low
5:34 AM
68°
Yesterday’s Low
6:24 AM
Updated: 9:40:00 am PDT
Humidity
21 %
24h diff -7%
Hi 53% 4:04 AM
Lo 13% 9:07 AM
Dew Point
31 °F
24h diff -10°F
Hi 47° 4:04 AM
Lo 19° 9:08 AM
Wind
N7 mph
Gust 6.0 mph
Top gust 35.0 mph (12:24 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
9955 ft
10m avg 10.9 mph
Hour top gust 19 mph NNE
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.93 in
Rising  ·  24h diff 0.14
Hi 29.94 9:32 AM
Lo 29.7 12:00 AM
Solar
642 wm
97% of max
Daylight 13:05 hr
High Solar 642 wm
Max Temp for this Date
97°F
2024 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
52°F
2009 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
76°F
-3.4° vs now
Record high (this date)
106°F
1954 · (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
56 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 17
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

warnings updated: Friday, April 17, 2026, 9:33 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 1-17

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-17: 0.06 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.06 in.
Jan 1 to April 17, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 17, 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 17, 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 ° 106 °
 ( 1954 )		 Sunrise:
6:10am 		Sunset:
7:16pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 0%
Low 59 ° 40 °
 ( 1976 )		   Moonrise:
6:03am 		Moonset:
 8:02pm 		 
       
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: 73.1 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 19 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 54.1 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 16.2 °F
Current Dew Point: 30.8 °F Cooler Temperature Output 57 °F
Current Humidity: 21 %

 


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