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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
91
°F
Warmer 1.2°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 89.1°F  ·  This time yesterday: 94°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +4.3°F
87.3° 92°
2hr ago 60m Now
92
Today’s High
1:19 PM
96°
Yesterday’s High
2:34 PM
69
Today’s Low
6:26 AM
68°
Yesterday’s Low
5:52 AM
Updated: 1:40:00 pm PDT
Humidity
28 %
24h diff 8%
Hi 56% 6:26 AM
Lo 26% 12:44 PM
Dew Point
54 °F
24h diff 7°F
Hi 55° 11:56 AM
Lo 51° 12:44 PM
Wind
NW6 mph
Gust 6.0 mph
Top gust 33.4 mph (1:59 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
8916 ft
10m avg 7.5 mph
Hour top gust 14 mph W
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.73 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.04
Hi 29.77 8:29 AM
Lo 29.7 2:58 AM
Solar
942 wm
94% of max
Daylight 13:55 hr
High Solar 979 wm
Max Temp for this Date
106 °F
2022 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
55 °F
2015 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
94 °F
-2.8° vs now
Record high (this date)
111 °F
1948 · (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
84 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
9.1 UV  ·  Very High  ·  May 15
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F92.1
▲ +4.5 °F
87.4°92.1°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg54
▲ +1 °F
52°54°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg6.1
▼ -2.6 mph
0.09.1
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph14
▲ +2 mph
016
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg28
▼ -3 %
2731
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.73
▼ -0.02 inHg
29.7329.75
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²942
▲ +2 W/m²
940977
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Friday, May 15, 2026, 1:33 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 1-15

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-15: 0.01 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.01 in.
Jan 1 to May 15, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 15, 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 15, 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 94 ° 111 °
 ( 1948 )		 Sunrise:
5:43am 		Sunset:
7:39pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 3%
Low 66 ° 45 °
 ( 1962 )		   Moonrise:
4:32am 		Moonset:
 6:50pm 		 
       
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: 22.7 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 69.1 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 19.3 °F
Current Dew Point: 54.1 °F Cooler Temperature Output 72.5 °F
Current Humidity: 28 %

 


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