Thousand Palms, California
81
°F
Warmer 2.8°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 78.3°F  ·  This time yesterday: 70°F
80
Today’s High
11:53 AM
81°
Yesterday’s High
3:55 PM
63
Today’s Low
5:09 AM
64°
Yesterday’s Low
2:53 AM
Updated: 11:55:00 am PDT
Humidity
12 %
24h diff -30%
Hi 59% 2:28 AM
Lo 11% 10:54 AM
Dew Point
23 °F
24h diff -22°F
Hi 51° 12:05 AM
Lo 19° 10:54 AM
Wind
NNW4 mph
Gust 3.0 mph
Top gust 28.0 mph (12:21 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
13385 ft
10m avg 5.9 mph
Hour top gust 21 mph NE
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
30.02 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.23
Hi 30.04 10:57 AM
Lo 29.82 12:20 AM
Solar
930 wm
100% of max
Daylight 12:37 hr
High Solar 930 wm
Max Temp for this Date
98°F
2021 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
51°F
2012 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
70°F
+11.4° vs now
Record high (this date)
106°F
1961 · (Palm Springs Airport)
Rain today
0.00 in
Rate: 0.000 in/hr
Yesterday
0.00  in
Storm: 0.00 in
April
0.00 in
Last rain: 2/19/2026
Cal year
0.98 in
42 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
7.4 UV  ·  High  ·  Apr 03
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

warnings updated: Friday, April 03, 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.

April 1-3

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for April 1-3: 0.00 in.

Departure from Normal: below  0.00 in.
Jan 1 to April 3, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Apr 3, 2026: 1.71 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.73 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Apr 3, 2026: 2.91 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.02 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 84 ° 106 °
 ( 1961 )		 Sunrise:
6:28am 		Sunset:
7:06pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 98%
Low 57 ° 36 °
 ( 1945 )		   Moonrise:
9:05pm 		Moonset:
 7:03am 		 
       
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: 80.3 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 24.6 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 55.7 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 20.9 °F
Current Dew Point: 23.0 °F Cooler Temperature Output 59.4 °F
Current Humidity: 12 %

 


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