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Live weather information for the Coachella Valley
Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
109
°F
Warmer 2.3°F than last hour.
Hot —
Feels like 104.6°F  ·  This time yesterday: 106°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +5.2°F
103.4° 108.6°
2hr ago 60m Now
109
Today’s High
12:54 PM
112°
Yesterday’s High
4:07 PM
86
Today’s Low
6:20 AM
86°
Yesterday’s Low
6:17 AM
Updated: 12:55:00 pm PDT
Humidity
13 %
24h diff -7%
Hi 38% 2:52 AM
Lo 12% 10:58 AM
Dew Point
47 °F
24h diff -9°F
Hi 58° 12:26 AM
Lo 41° 10:58 AM
Wind
ESE4 mph
Gust 5.0 mph
Top gust 26.5 mph (1:36 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
14372 ft
10m avg 6.0 mph
Hour top gust 13 mph E
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.73 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.06
Hi 29.74 10:26 AM
Lo 29.65 12:00 AM
Solar
979 wm
96% of max
Daylight 13:52 hr
High Solar 979 wm
Max Temp for this Date
116 °F
2020 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
79 °F
2009 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
106 °F
+3.5° vs now
Record high (this date)
119 °F
1943 · (Palm Springs Airport)
Rain today
0.00 in
Rate: 0.000 in/hr
Yesterday
0.00  in
Storm: 0.00 in
July
0.00 in
Last rain: 2/19/2026
Cal year
0.98 in
160 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
9.8 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Jul 30
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F108.3
▲ Last hour: +2.3 °F
100.2°108.3°
3hr ago90mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg47.0
▲ Last hour: +1.6 °F
42.6°51.0°
3hr ago90mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg5.6
▲ Last hour: +0.4 mph
0.06.8
3hr ago90mNow
Wind Gust mph9.0
▼ Last hour: -1.0 mph
0.013.0
3hr ago90mNow
Humidity %5m avg13
● Last hour: +0 %
1319
3hr ago90mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.73
▼ Last hour: -0.01 inHg
29.7229.74
3hr ago90mNow
Solar W/m²979
▲ Last hour: +33 W/m²
856979
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● Last hour: +0.00 in
3hr ago90mNow

 

 

Extreme Heat Warning  EXTREME HEAT WARNING   Extreme Heat Warning
COACHELLA VALLEY
Areas Affected:
Coachella Valley - San Diego County Deserts - San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning
This Notice Updated: Thu, 7/30 12:04pm Updated: Thu, 7/30 12:48pm Urgency: Expected
Next Update: Thu, 7/30 10:00pm Severity:  Severe  Certainty: Likely
 
Details: 
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures of 115 to 120
expected.

* WHERE...Coachella Valley, San Diego County Deserts, and San
Gorgonio Pass near Banning.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat events.

Information: 
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

NWS Weather Alerts

Issued by the National Weather Service

warnings updated: Thursday, July 30, 2026, 12:48 pm PDT

 

 

Hyperlocal Radar not Active at this time


 

 

Record Watch

Data: NWS - Palm Springs (KPSP)

 

 

 

 

Rain Climatology

Rainfall data: Thousand Palms, CA(DesertWeather.com) / Climate data: DesertWeather.com - Averaged data, last 25 years. Archived gauges displayed HERE.

July 1-30

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for July 1-30: 0.08 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.08 in.
Jan 1 to July 30, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Jul 30, 2026: 1.89 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.91 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Jul 30, 2026: 3.09 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.20 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 109 ° 119 °
 ( 1943 )		 Sunrise:
5:58am 		Sunset:
7:49pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 100%
Low 81 ° 61 °
 ( 1991 )		   Moonrise:
8:39pm 		Moonset:
 6:52am 		 
       
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: 108.6 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 36.3 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 72.3 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 30.9 °F
Current Dew Point: 47.0 °F Cooler Temperature Output 77.7 °F
Current Humidity: 13 %

 

 


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