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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
81
°F
Colder 3.2°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 79.7°F  ·  This time yesterday: 76°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -6.2°F
81.3° 87.5°
2hr ago 60m Now
96
Today’s High
3:01 PM
89°
Yesterday’s High
3:25 PM
62
Today’s Low
6:33 AM
53°
Yesterday’s Low
6:24 AM
Updated: 8:45:00 pm PDT
Humidity
25 %
24h diff 12%
Hi 32% 6:07 AM
Lo 7% 11:10 AM
Dew Point
42 °F
24h diff 20°F
Hi 42° 8:39 PM
Lo 16° 11:12 AM
Wind
NNW7 mph
Gust 5.0 mph
Top gust 21.0 mph (6:58 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
9243 ft
10m avg 5.1 mph
Hour top gust 20 mph WNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.72 in
Rising  ·  24h diff -0.09
Hi 29.83 12:28 AM
Lo 29.68 4:54 PM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 13:11 hr
High Solar 1046 wm
Max Temp for this Date
99°F
2012 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
49°F
2007 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
76°F
+5° vs now
Record high (this date)
104°F
1950 · (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
58 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
7.8 UV  ·  High  ·  Apr 19
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

warnings updated: Sunday, April 19, 2026, 8:33 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 1-19

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-19: 0.06 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.06 in.
Jan 1 to April 19, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 19, 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 19, 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 ° 104 °
 ( 1950 )		 Sunrise:
6:08am 		Sunset:
7:18pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 10%
Low 60 ° 34 °
 ( 1968 )		   Moonrise:
7:25am 		Moonset:
 10:33pm 		 
       
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: 81.2 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 20.4 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 60.8 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 17.3 °F
Current Dew Point: 42.0 °F Cooler Temperature Output 63.9 °F
Current Humidity: 25 %

 


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