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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
72
°F
Warmer 2.7°F than last hour.
Mild —
Feels like 76.6°F  ·  This time yesterday: 78°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +5.6°F
66.7° 72.4°
2hr ago 60m Now
73
Today’s High
10:09 AM
86°
Yesterday’s High
4:42 PM
62
Today’s Low
6:00 AM
64°
Yesterday’s Low
11:38 PM
Updated: 10:20:00 am PDT
Humidity
34 %
24h diff -2%
Hi 50% 3:22 AM
Lo 33% 10:10 AM
Dew Point
42 °F
24h diff -6°F
Hi 44° 3:22 AM
Lo 40° 1:30 AM
Wind
SSW9 mph
Gust 7.0 mph
Top gust 32.2 mph (6:56 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
7134 ft
10m avg 12.9 mph
Hour top gust 27 mph NW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.70 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.05
Hi 29.71 9:14 AM
Lo 29.59 12:05 AM
Solar
793 wm
92% of max
Daylight 14:10 hr
High Solar 793 wm
Max Temp for this Date
108 °F
2020 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
56 °F
2019 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
78 °F
-5.9° vs now
Record high (this date)
112 °F
1968 · (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
96 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 27
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge
Temperature °F72.3
▲ +5.6 °F
66.7°72.5°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg42
● +0 °F
40°43°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg9.4
▲ +0.4 mph
0.014.0
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph22
▲ +8 mph
028
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg34
▼ -8 %
3342
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg10m avg29.70
● +0.00 inHg
29.7029.71
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²793
▲ +315 W/m²
478793
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

warnings updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 10:18 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 1-27

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for May 1-27: 0.02 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.02 in.
Jan 1 to May 27, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to May 27, 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 27, 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 98 ° 112 °
 ( 1968 )		 Sunrise:
5:37am 		Sunset:
7:48pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 85%
Low 68 ° 48 °
 ( 1953 )		   Moonrise:
4:49pm 		Moonset:
 3:09am 		 
       
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: 72.4 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 15.2 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 57.2 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 12.9 °F
Current Dew Point: 42.4 °F Cooler Temperature Output 59.5 °F
Current Humidity: 34 %

 


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