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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
86
°F
Colder 2.4°F than last hour.
Mild — partly cloudy
Feels like 86.4°F  ·  This time yesterday: 82°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -3.6°F
86.6° 90.2°
2hr ago 60m Now
91
Today’s High
12:00 AM
101°
Yesterday’s High
1:59 PM
87
Today’s Low
2:41 AM
80°
Yesterday’s Low
6:36 AM
Updated: 2:43:00 am PDT
Humidity
41 %
24h diff 17%
Hi 41% 2:36 AM
Lo 29% 12:00 AM
Dew Point
60 °F
24h diff 19°F
Hi 61° 2:36 AM
Lo 54° 12:08 AM
Wind
NW4 mph
Gust 3.0 mph
Top gust 10.4 mph (12:00 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
6501 ft
10m avg 3.3 mph
Hour top gust 9 mph NW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.75 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.00
Hi 29.76 2:12 AM
Lo 29.75 12:00 AM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 12:43 hr
High Solar 0 wm
Max Temp for this Date
118 °F
2020 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
70 °F
2004 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
82 °F
+3.9° vs now
Record high (this date)
120 °F
2020 · (Palm Springs Airport)
Rain today
0.00 in
Rate: 0.000 in/hr
Yesterday
0.00  in
Storm: 0.00 in
September
0.00 in
Last rain: 2/19/2026
Cal year
0.98 in
198 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
9.5 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Sep 06
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F86.7
▼ Last hour: -2.4 °F
86.7°90.7°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg60.0
▲ Last hour: +4.8 °F
54.0°59.8°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg3.5
▲ Last hour: +2.7 mph
0.04.1
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph5.0
▲ Last hour: +5.0 mph
0.010.0
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg41
▲ Last hour: +8 %
2940
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.75
▼ Last hour: -0.01 inHg
29.7429.76
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²0
● Last hour: +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● Last hour: +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

 

warnings updated: Sunday, September 06, 2026, 2:33 am PDT

 

Sunset, September 5th

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image updated: September 06, 2026, 2:39 am PDT

 

Summer Moisture / Monsoon Watch. Hourly Forecast for Select Locations

Forecast Source: National Weather Service

Forecast generated: Sun Sep 6, 12:00 AM PDT     Last checked: Sun Sep 6, 12:00 AM PDT
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Precipitation, in Total accumulation, in
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Record Watch

Data: NWS - Palm Springs (KPSP)

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

Rainfall data: Thousand Palms, CA(DesertWeather.com) / Climate data: DesertWeather.com - Averaged data, last 25 years. Archived gauges displayed HERE.

September 1-6

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for September 1-6: 0.09 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.09 in.
Jan 1 to September 6, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Sep 6, 2026: 2.32 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -1.34 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Sep 6, 2026: 3.52 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.63 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 105 ° 120 °
 ( 2020 )		 Sunrise:
6:25am 		Sunset:
7:06pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 30%
Low 77 ° 56 °
 ( 1942 )		   Moonrise:
1:12am 		Moonset:
 4:21pm 		 
       
Fire Danger

 

WEATHER STORY
San Diego
Weather Forecast Office
Coastal Flood Advisory & High Surf Advisory Rain Chances Through Sunday Rainfall Totals Through Sunday High Temperatures Sunday
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Light to moderate showers expected to increase over the area tonight into Sunday, mainly for the High Desert and the coastal basin/mountains north of San Diego County.

Data Courtesy of San Diego Weather Forecast Office

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"To Fog or Not"

 

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Fogging Effectiveness

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Current Temperature: 86.6 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 16.9 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 69.7 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 14.4 °F
Current Dew Point: 59.4 °F Cooler Temperature Output 72.2 °F
Current Humidity: 40 %

 

 


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