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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
81
°F
Warmer 4.8°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 80.5°F  ·  This time yesterday: 83°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +8.8°F
72.4° 81.2°
2hr ago 60m Now
81
Today’s High
10:36 AM
95°
Yesterday’s High
5:19 PM
67
Today’s Low
6:10 AM
69°
Yesterday’s Low
5:55 AM
Updated: 10:40:00 am PDT
Humidity
36 %
24h diff -2%
Hi 59% 6:04 AM
Lo 36% 10:39 AM
Dew Point
52 °F
24h diff -3°F
Hi 54° 12:05 AM
Lo 51° 6:57 AM
Wind
SSW11 mph
Gust 7.0 mph
Top gust 36.0 mph (7:58 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
7027 ft
10m avg 12.5 mph
Hour top gust 25 mph WSW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.75 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.11
Hi 29.76 9:14 AM
Lo 29.72 2:28 AM
Solar
849 wm
94% of max
Daylight 14:08 hr
High Solar 849 wm
Max Temp for this Date
104 °F
2020 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
57 °F
2008 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
83 °F
-2.2° vs now
Record high (this date)
115 °F
1951 · (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
94 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
8.7 UV  ·  Very High  ·  May 25
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F81.5
▲ +9.0 °F
72.5°81.5°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg52
▲ +1 °F
52°53°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg9.5
▼ -3.3 mph
0.016.3
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph13
▼ -8 mph
031
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg36
▼ -12 %
3749
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.75
▼ -0.01 inHg
29.7529.76
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²849
▲ +323 W/m²
526849
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Monday, May 25, 2026, 10:33 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 1-25

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-25: 0.02 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.02 in.
Jan 1 to May 25, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 25, 2026: 1.80 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.82 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to May 25, 2026: 3.00 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.11 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 97 ° 115 °
 ( 1951 )		 Sunrise:
5:38am 		Sunset:
7:46pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 67%
Low 68 ° 48 °
 ( 1953 )		   Moonrise:
2:53pm 		Moonset:
 2:18am 		 
       
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: 81.2 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 16.9 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 64.3 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 14.4 °F
Current Dew Point: 51.7 °F Cooler Temperature Output 66.8 °F
Current Humidity: 36 %

 


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