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Live weather information for the Coachella Valley
Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
100
°F
Colder 3.4°F than last hour.
Warm — clear
Feels like 99.6°F  ·  This time yesterday: 98°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -6.9°F
99.9° 106.8°
2hr ago 60m Now
111
Today’s High
4:37 PM
106°
Yesterday’s High
2:59 PM
89
Today’s Low
5:09 AM
87°
Yesterday’s Low
6:18 AM
Updated: 8:50:00 pm PDT
Humidity
25 %
24h diff -10%
Hi 35% 2:24 AM
Lo 22% 6:11 PM
Dew Point
58 °F
24h diff -8°F
Hi 71° 2:55 PM
Lo 54° 5:06 AM
Wind
WNW9 mph
Gust 9.0 mph
Top gust 22.0 mph (8:39 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
9916 ft
10m avg 11.0 mph
Hour top gust 22 mph W
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.72 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.04
Hi 29.85 8:54 AM
Lo 29.69 6:20 PM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 13:38 hr
High Solar 912 wm
Max Temp for this Date
117 °F
2025 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
72 °F
2009 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
98 °F
+1.8° vs now
Record high (this date)
119 °F
2025 · (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
168 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
10.2 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Aug 07
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F99.9
▼ Last hour: -3.4 °F
99.9°109.2°
3hr ago90mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg58.0
▼ Last hour: -2.0 °F
58.0°67.0°
3hr ago90mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg12.4
▲ Last hour: +1.1 mph
0.011.4
3hr ago90mNow
Wind Gust mph17.0
▼ Last hour: -1.0 mph
0.022.0
3hr ago90mNow
Humidity %5m avg25
▲ Last hour: +1 %
2227
3hr ago90mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.72
▲ Last hour: +0.01 inHg
29.6929.72
3hr ago90mNow
Solar W/m²0
● Last hour: +0 W/m²
077
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● Last hour: +0.00 in
3hr ago90mNow

 

 

 

Extreme Heat Warning  EXTREME HEAT WARNING   Extreme Heat Warning
COACHELLA VALLEY
Areas Affected:
Coachella Valley - San Diego County Deserts - San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning
This Notice Updated: Fri, 8/7 10:03am Updated: Fri, 8/7 8:48pm Urgency: Expected
Next Update: Fri, 8/7 10:15pm Severity:  Severe  Certainty: Likely
 
Details: 
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with high temperatures of 108 to
114 expected.

* WHERE...Coachella Valley, San Diego County Deserts, and San
Gorgonio Pass near Banning.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat events.

Information: 
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

NWS Weather Alerts

Issued by the National Weather Service

warnings updated: Friday, August 07, 2026, 8:48 pm PDT

 

 

Hyperlocal Radar not Active at this time


 

 

Summer Moisture / Monsoon Watch. Hourly Forecast for Select Locations

Forecast Source: National Weather Service

Forecast generated: Fri Aug 7, 5:13 PM PDT     Last checked: Fri Aug 7, 6:00 PM PDT
Temperature, °F
Temperature, °F chart.
Dew point, °F
Dew point, °F chart.
Probability of precipitation, %
Probability of precipitation, % chart.
Probability of thunder, %
Probability of thunder, % 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 1-7

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for August 1-7: 0.05 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.05 in.
Jan 1 to August 7, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Aug 7, 2026: 1.98 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -1.00 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Aug 7, 2026: 3.18 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.29 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 109 ° 119 °
 ( 2025 )		 Sunrise:
6:04am 		Sunset:
7:42pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 31%
Low 81 ° 61 °
 ( 1957 )		   Moonrise:
12:18am 		Moonset:
 3:28pm 		 
       
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: 99.9 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 26.5 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 73.4 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 22.5 °F
Current Dew Point: 57.8 °F Cooler Temperature Output 77.4 °F
Current Humidity: 25 %

 

 


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