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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
93
°F
Colder 0.7°F than last hour.
Mild — clear
Feels like 88.6°F  ·  This time yesterday: 88°F
Past 2 Hours ● -0.4°F
92.6° 93.3°
2hr ago 60m Now
93
Today’s High
1:22 AM
110°
Yesterday’s High
3:31 PM
92
Today’s Low
12:15 AM
85°
Yesterday’s Low
5:54 AM
Updated: 2:50:00 am PDT
Humidity
18 %
24h diff -20%
Hi 22% 12:00 AM
Lo 17% 1:07 AM
Dew Point
43 °F
24h diff -16°F
Hi 48° 12:00 AM
Lo 41° 2:37 AM
Wind
NNW10 mph
Gust 12.0 mph
Top gust 28.0 mph (12:12 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
11650 ft
10m avg 11.7 mph
Hour top gust 26 mph W
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.78 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.06
Hi 29.79 1:19 AM
Lo 29.77 12:00 AM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 13:21 hr
High Solar 0 wm
Max Temp for this Date
113 °F
2023 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
75 °F
2005 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
88 °F
+5.2° vs now
Record high (this date)
118 °F
1950 · (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
178 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
10.5 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Aug 17
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F92.7
● Last hour: -0.5 °F
92.5°93.4°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg43.0
▼ Last hour: -2.4 °F
41.2°48.0°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg9.5
▲ Last hour: +1.4 mph
0.013.4
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph15.0
▲ Last hour: +2.0 mph
0.028.0
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg18
▼ Last hour: -1 %
1722
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.78
● Last hour: +0.00 inHg
29.7729.79
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²0
● Last hour: +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● Last hour: +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

 

 

 

warnings updated: Monday, August 17, 2026, 2:48 am PDT

 

 

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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.

August 1-17

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for August 1-17: 0.08 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.08 in.
Jan 1 to August 17, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Aug 17, 2026: 2.01 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -1.03 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Aug 17, 2026: 3.21 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.32 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 108 ° 118 °
 ( 1950 )		 Sunrise:
6:11am 		Sunset:
7:31pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 17%
Low 80 ° 60 °
 ( 1954 )		   Moonrise:
11:22am 		Moonset:
 10:11pm 		 
       
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: 92.6 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 27.1 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 65.5 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 23 °F
Current Dew Point: 42.9 °F Cooler Temperature Output 69.6 °F
Current Humidity: 18 %

 

 


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