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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
91
°F
Warmer 3.6°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 87.6°F  ·  This time yesterday: 93°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +5.7°F
86.1° 91.8°
2hr ago 60m Now
92
Today’s High
11:32 AM
99°
Yesterday’s High
4:50 PM
75
Today’s Low
6:05 AM
65°
Yesterday’s Low
6:13 AM
Updated: 11:55:00 am PDT
Humidity
16 %
24h diff 10%
Hi 22% 9:36 AM
Lo 12% 12:00 AM
Dew Point
39 °F
24h diff 23°F
Hi 43° 9:36 AM
Lo 23° 5:34 AM
Wind
ESE6 mph
Gust 7.0 mph
Top gust 20.0 mph (12:37 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
12312 ft
10m avg 7.9 mph
Hour top gust 15 mph E
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.73 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.07
Hi 29.75 9:36 AM
Lo 29.7 3:43 AM
Solar
984 wm
97% of max
Daylight 14:03 hr
High Solar 984 wm
Max Temp for this Date
108 °F
2005 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
60 °F
2016 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
93 °F
-2° vs now
Record high (this date)
111 °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
90 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 21
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F91.8
▲ +5.4 °F
86.2°91.9°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg39
▼ -1 °F
38°41°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg4.4
▲ +0.1 mph
0.08.8
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph12
▲ +3 mph
015
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg16
▼ -4 %
1620
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.73
▼ -0.01 inHg
29.7329.74
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²984
▲ +298 W/m²
686984
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Thursday, May 21, 2026, 11:48 am PDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

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

May 1-21

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-21: 0.01 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.01 in.
Jan 1 to May 21, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 21, 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 21, 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 ° 111 °
 ( 1967 )		 Sunrise:
5:40am 		Sunset:
7:43pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 26%
Low 67 ° 48 °
 ( 1975 )		   Moonrise:
10:39am 		Moonset:
 12:15am 		 
       
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: 91.8 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 27.7 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 64.1 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 23.5 °F
Current Dew Point: 39.2 °F Cooler Temperature Output 68.3 °F
Current Humidity: 16 %

 


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