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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
102
°F
Warmer 1.4°F than last hour.
Warm — clear
Feels like 106.7°F  ·  This time yesterday: 101°F
Past 2 Hours ● +1.3°F
100° 101.6°
2hr ago 60m Now
102
Today’s High
12:10 PM
110°
Yesterday’s High
4:07 PM
87
Today’s Low
6:16 AM
84°
Yesterday’s Low
6:17 AM
Updated: 12:35:00 pm PDT
Humidity
33 %
24h diff -7%
Hi 53% 8:02 AM
Lo 29% 1:39 AM
Dew Point
67 °F
24h diff -5°F
Hi 73° 8:02 AM
Lo 57° 3:04 AM
Wind
E13 mph
Gust 11.0 mph
Top gust 21.0 mph (12:20 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
8161 ft
10m avg 12.1 mph
Hour top gust 21 mph E
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.86 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.07
Hi 29.88 11:27 AM
Lo 29.73 12:00 AM
Solar
854 wm
87% of max
Daylight 13:16 hr
High Solar 882 wm
Max Temp for this Date
114 °F
2025 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
71 °F
2023 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
101 °F
+0.8° vs now
Record high (this date)
117 °F
1969 · (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
181 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
10.1 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Aug 20
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F101.5
▲ Last hour: +1.6 °F
96.4°101.7°
3hr ago90mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg67.0
▼ Last hour: -0.2 °F
66.4°70.6°
3hr ago90mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg10.7
▲ Last hour: +1.2 mph
0.011.8
3hr ago90mNow
Wind Gust mph15.0
● Last hour: +0.0 mph
0.021.0
3hr ago90mNow
Humidity %5m avg33
▼ Last hour: -2 %
3342
3hr ago90mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.86
▼ Last hour: -0.02 inHg
29.8629.88
3hr ago90mNow
Solar W/m²854
▲ Last hour: +386 W/m²
438854
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: Thu, 8/20 1:31am Updated: Thu, 8/20 12:33pm Urgency: Expected
Next Update: Thu, 8/20 3:30pm Severity:  Severe  Certainty: Likely
 
Details: 
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 112.

* 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: Thursday, August 20, 2026, 12:33 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: Thu Aug 20, 11:53 AM PDT     Last checked: Thu Aug 20, 12:00 PM PDT
Temperature, °F
Temperature, °F chart.
Dew point, °F
Dew point, °F chart.
Sky cover, %
Sky cover, % chart.
Probability of precipitation, %
Probability of precipitation, % 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 1-20

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for August 1-20: 0.23 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.23 in.
Jan 1 to August 20, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Aug 20, 2026: 2.16 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -1.18 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Aug 20, 2026: 3.36 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.47 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 ° 117 °
 ( 1969 )		 Sunrise:
6:13am 		Sunset:
7:28pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 46%
Low 80 ° 57 °
 ( 1959 )		   Moonrise:
2:22pm 		Moonset:
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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: 101.4 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 23.3 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 78.1 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 19.8 °F
Current Dew Point: 67.0 °F Cooler Temperature Output 81.6 °F
Current Humidity: 33 %

 

 


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