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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
86
°F
Warmer 2.6°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 85.8°F  ·  This time yesterday: 92°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +5.6°F
81.3° 88.4°
2hr ago 60m Now
88
Today’s High
11:59 AM
98°
Yesterday’s High
3:46 PM
71
Today’s Low
6:11 AM
75°
Yesterday’s Low
6:12 AM
Updated: 12:05:00 pm PDT
Humidity
34 %
24h diff 13%
Hi 53% 6:09 AM
Lo 33% 11:36 AM
Dew Point
55 °F
24h diff 9°F
Hi 58° 11:57 AM
Lo 50° 5:55 AM
Wind
SE3 mph
Gust 5.0 mph
Top gust 22.0 mph (2:46 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
7537 ft
10m avg 4.4 mph
Hour top gust 10 mph SE
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.81 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.16
Hi 29.83 9:05 AM
Lo 29.69 2:06 AM
Solar
949 wm
93% of max
Daylight 14:05 hr
High Solar 949 wm
Max Temp for this Date
110 °F
2017 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
56 °F
2010 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
92 °F
-6.2° vs now
Record high (this date)
114 °F
2001 · (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
92 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
8.8 UV  ·  Very High  ·  May 23
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F86.7
▲ +5.4 °F
81.1°88.3°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg55
▲ +1 °F
54°56°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg3.3
▲ +1.3 mph
0.05.2
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph4
▼ -1 mph
010
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg34
▼ -7 %
3341
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.81
▼ -0.01 inHg
29.8129.83
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²949
▲ +246 W/m²
703949
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Saturday, May 23, 2026, 12:03 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 1-23

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-23: 0.02 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.02 in.
Jan 1 to May 23, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 23, 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 23, 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 ° 114 °
 ( 2001 )		 Sunrise:
5:39am 		Sunset:
7:45pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 46%
Low 67 ° 49 °
 ( 1960 )		   Moonrise:
12:52pm 		Moonset:
 1:25am 		 
       
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: 86.7 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 19 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 67.7 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 16.2 °F
Current Dew Point: 55.0 °F Cooler Temperature Output 70.6 °F
Current Humidity: 34 %

 


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