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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
97
°F
Warmer 0.9°F than last hour.
Warm —
Feels like 91.5°F  ·  This time yesterday: 91°F
Past 2 Hours ● +1.1°F
95.3° 97.6°
2hr ago 60m Now
98
Today’s High
2:02 PM
93°
Yesterday’s High
3:12 PM
65
Today’s Low
6:13 AM
60°
Yesterday’s Low
5:57 AM
Updated: 3:45:00 pm PDT
Humidity
7 %
24h diff -2%
Hi 24% 6:07 AM
Lo 4% 2:51 PM
Dew Point
23 °F
24h diff -2°F
Hi 35° 8:59 AM
Lo 9° 2:51 PM
Wind
SE3 mph
Gust 1.0 mph
Top gust 17.3 mph (12:33 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
17253 ft
10m avg 7.7 mph
Hour top gust 13 mph SE
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.69 in
Falling  ·  24h diff -0.12
Hi 29.84 7:15 AM
Lo 29.69 3:41 PM
Solar
742 wm
99% of max
Daylight 14:01 hr
High Solar 1016 wm
Max Temp for this Date
106 °F
2008 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
58 °F
2019 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
91 °F
+6.1° vs now
Record high (this date)
113 °F
1967 · (Palm Springs Airport)
Rain today
0.00 in
Rate: 0.000 in/hr
Yesterday
0.00  in
Storm: 0.00 in
May
0.00 in
Last rain: 2/19/2026
Cal year
0.98 in
89 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
8.1 UV  ·  Very High  ·  May 20
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F96.4
● +0.7 °F
95.0°97.7°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg15
▼ -2 °F
14°26°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg7.1
▲ +0.9 mph
0.07.4
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph12
▲ +4 mph
013
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg5
▼ -1 %
58
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.69
▼ -0.05 inHg
29.6929.74
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²742
▼ -235 W/m²
742977
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 3:48 pm PDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

Rainfall data: Thousand Palms, CA(DesertWeather.com) / Climate data: DesertWeather.com - Averaged data, last 25 years. Archived gauges displayed HERE.

May 1-20

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-20: 0.01 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.01 in.
Jan 1 to May 20, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 20, 2026: 1.79 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.81 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to May 20, 2026: 2.99 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.10 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 96 ° 113 °
 ( 1967 )		 Sunrise:
5:40am 		Sunset:
7:43pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 17%
Low 67 ° 47 °
 ( 1975 )		   Moonrise:
9:27am 		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: 96.7 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 34.2 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 62.5 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 29.1 °F
Current Dew Point: 22.5 °F Cooler Temperature Output 67.6 °F
Current Humidity: 7 %

 


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