Current Conditions:  -  Clear  &  Mild
updated: 5:55:00 am PDT CURRENTLY TODAY'S EXTREMES
Temperature
  Feels Like: 77°F
 77.2°F Colder 5.9°F than last hour.
Temperature this time yesterday: 78°F
 High: 88°F    (12:00am)
Low:  77°F    (5:51am)
Record high: 111° in 1970*
Humidity 38% 6.9% more humid than an hour ago.
  24 Hour difference 10%
 High: 38%     (5:53am)
Low:  18%     (12:21am)
Dew Point 50°F +2.6° difference than an hour ago.
  24 Hour difference 7°F
 High: 50°F    (4:32am)
Low:  38°F    (12:58am)
Wind   "Calm"
  10 min. avg: 4 mph
 Wind from NE NE@ 1 mph
  Gust: 6 mph
 Top Gust: 22 mph    (2:30am)
Top Gust last hour: 9 mph ENE
Barometer
  Steady
 29.67 in. Rate per hour: 0.02in.
  24 Hour difference -0.01
 High: 29.67 in.    (5:44am)
Low:  29.63 in.    (2:59am)
Rain Today
  It last rained on 4/26/2012
  (20 days ago)
 0.00 inches
Rate 0.00 in. per hour
Storm Rain: 0.00 Yesterday: 0.00
May : 0.00 in.
Season: 1.75 in.  (July - June)
Calendar Year Rain: 0.62 in.
Percent of normal season rainfall: 34% Average season rainfall to date: 5.14 inches* Average rainfall to date for May: 0.02 inches*
*Live data above is from sensors installed in 1000 Palms and checked annually for accuracy.                 *climate data: NWS Palm Springs Airport

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--- Current Active Weather Warnings & Alerts ---
Summary

 Last update: May 17 2012 5:45 am PDT    Icon key

 COACHELLA VALLEY CALIFORNIA - CAZ061
 icn Wind Advisory    expires Thu, May 17, 2012 03:00pm PDT
 RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS CALIFORNIA - CAZ056
 icn Wind Advisory    expires Thu, May 17, 2012 03:00pm PDT
 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS CALIFORNIA - CAZ055
 icn Wind Advisory    expires Thu, May 17, 2012 03:00pm PDT
 JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK CALIFORNIA - CAZ030
 No warnings, watches, or advisories   
 MORONGO BASIN CALIFORNIA - CAZ525
 No warnings, watches, or advisories   
 IMPERIAL COUNTY CALIFORNIA - CAZ033
 No warnings, watches, or advisories   

 

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Coachella Valley Outlook

Forecast provided by the National Weather Service   (Percentages in icons are the probability of precipitation)

Today

Sunny
Sunny

Hi 103 °F 		Sunny, with a high near 103. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.   Tonight

Mostly Clear
Mostly
Clear
Lo 66 °F 		Mostly clear, with a low around 66. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm.   Friday

Sunny
Sunny

Hi 93 °F 		Sunny, with a high near 93. Northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

forecast

 

 

Almanac

Almanac information is for the Palm Springs Airport and is provide by the National Weather Service

Temperature Normal Record          
High 95° 111°
 ( 1970 )		 Sunrise:
5:42am 		Sunset:
7:41pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 13%
Low 63° 46°
 ( 1962 )		   Moonrise:
3:36am 		Moonset:
 5:04pm 		 
    UV forecast for 17 May 2012 is 10.4   Very High     

Past 24 hour USA extremes:
High Temp Low Temp Precipitation
112° Death Valley, CA 23° Angel Fire, NM 2.80" Georgetown, SC

 

 

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.

Will your misters work effectively based on the current conditions?   no

(This guide generally will work for evaporative coolers also)