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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
84
°F
Warmer 2.8°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 81.2°F  ·  This time yesterday: 79°F
85
Today’s High
12:24 PM
84°
Yesterday’s High
4:17 PM
53
Today’s Low
6:24 AM
64°
Yesterday’s Low
5:34 AM
Updated: 12:25:00 pm PDT
Humidity
6 %
24h diff -5%
Hi 27% 6:21 AM
Lo 4% 10:20 AM
Dew Point
10 °F
24h diff -9°F
Hi 21° 12:19 PM
Lo -4° 12:17 AM
Wind
SSW5 mph
Gust 4.0 mph
Top gust 11.5 mph (12:20 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
17294 ft
10m avg 3.7 mph
Hour top gust 11 mph SW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.90 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.05
Hi 29.93 9:59 AM
Lo 29.89 2:53 AM
Solar
977 wm
100% of max
Daylight 13:08 hr
High Solar 1030 wm
Max Temp for this Date
99°F
2022 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
53°F
2004 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
79°F
+5.1° vs now
Record high (this date)
104°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
57 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
7.5 UV  ·  High  ·  Apr 18
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

warnings updated: Saturday, April 18, 2026, 11:48 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 1-18

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-18: 0.06 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.06 in.
Jan 1 to April 18, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 18, 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 18, 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 °
 ( 1954 )		 Sunrise:
6:09am 		Sunset:
7:17pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 1%
Low 59 ° 40 °
 ( 1922 )		   Moonrise:
6:41am 		Moonset:
 9:18pm 		 
       
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: 84.5 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 28.7 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 55.8 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 24.4 °F
Current Dew Point: 10.2 °F Cooler Temperature Output 60.1 °F
Current Humidity: 6 %

 


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