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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
97
°F
Colder 1.3°F than last hour.
Warm — clear
Feels like 95.7°F  ·  This time yesterday: 99°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -3.6°F
96.9° 100.5°
2hr ago 60m Now
112
Today’s High
3:29 PM
114°
Yesterday’s High
4:04 PM
93
Today’s Low
6:28 AM
92°
Yesterday’s Low
8:10 AM
Updated: 9:54:00 pm PDT
Humidity
26 %
24h diff -2%
Hi 34% 6:21 AM
Lo 17% 3:45 PM
Dew Point
56 °F
24h diff -4°F
Hi 64° 9:28 AM
Lo 55° 9:26 PM
Wind
NW9 mph
Gust 4.0 mph
Top gust 21.0 mph (8:31 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
9319 ft
10m avg 6.9 mph
Hour top gust 18 mph WNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.66 in
Rising  ·  24h diff -0.01
Hi 29.73 10:16 AM
Lo 29.59 5:20 PM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 12:56 hr
High Solar 928 wm
Max Temp for this Date
117 °F
2023 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
69 °F
2010 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
99 °F
-1.6° vs now
Record high (this date)
118 °F
1967 · (Palm Springs Airport)
Rain today
0.00 in
Rate: 0.000 in/hr
Yesterday
0.00  in
Storm: 0.00 in
August
0.00 in
Last rain: 2/19/2026
Cal year
0.98 in
190 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  ·  Aug 30
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F97.0
▼ Last hour: -1.2 °F
96.8°103.6°
3hr ago90mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg56.0
● Last hour: +0.0 °F
55.6°60.7°
3hr ago90mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg8.9
▼ Last hour: -0.1 mph
0.010.0
3hr ago90mNow
Wind Gust mph12.0
▲ Last hour: +2.0 mph
0.021.0
3hr ago90mNow
Humidity %5m avg26
▲ Last hour: +1 %
2426
3hr ago90mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.66
▲ Last hour: +0.02 inHg
29.6029.66
3hr ago90mNow
Solar W/m²0
● Last hour: +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● Last hour: +0.00 in
3hr ago90mNow

 

 

 

warnings updated: Saturday, August 29, 2026, 9:48 pm PDT

 

 

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Summer Moisture / Monsoon Watch. Hourly Forecast for Select Locations

Forecast Source: National Weather Service

Forecast generated: Sat Aug 29, 5:35 PM PDT     Last checked: Sat Aug 29, 6:00 PM PDT
Temperature, °F
Temperature, °F chart.
Dew point, °F
Dew point, °F chart.
Sky cover, %
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Probability of precipitation, %
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Probability of thunder, %
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Precipitation, in Total accumulation, in
Precip. amount, in chart.
Wind speed / gust, mph
Wind speed / gust, mph chart.

 

 

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.

August 1-29

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for August 1-29: 0.28 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.28 in.
Jan 1 to August 29, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Aug 29, 2026: 2.21 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -1.23 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Aug 29, 2026: 3.41 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.52 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 107 ° 118 °
 ( 1967 )		 Sunrise:
6:19am 		Sunset:
7:17pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 98%
Low 79 ° 57 °
 ( 1947 )		   Moonrise:
8:03pm 		Moonset:
 7:45am 		 
       
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: 96.9 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 24.6 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 72.3 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 20.9 °F
Current Dew Point: 57.4 °F Cooler Temperature Output 76 °F
Current Humidity: 27 %

 

 


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