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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
88
°F
Colder 2.3°F than last hour.
Mild — clear
Feels like 84.7°F  ·  This time yesterday: 94°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -4.9°F
87.8° 92.7°
2hr ago 60m Now
105
Today’s High
3:38 PM
108°
Yesterday’s High
3:13 PM
84
Today’s Low
6:32 AM
88°
Yesterday’s Low
6:37 AM
Updated: 9:39:00 pm PDT
Humidity
24 %
24h diff -1%
Hi 35% 4:06 AM
Lo 16% 3:31 PM
Dew Point
47 °F
24h diff -6°F
Hi 57° 9:45 AM
Lo 44° 8:14 AM
Wind
NNW10 mph
Gust 10.0 mph
Top gust 23.0 mph (6:08 PM)
Cloud Height / Wind
9726 ft
10m avg 8.7 mph
Hour top gust 22 mph W
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.74 in
Rising  ·  24h diff 0.05
Hi 29.77 10:31 AM
Lo 29.65 4:49 PM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 12:53 hr
High Solar 889 wm
Max Temp for this Date
113 °F
2022 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
74 °F
2010 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
94 °F
-5.5° vs now
Record high (this date)
118 °F
1950 · (Palm Springs Airport)
Rain today
0.00 in
Rate: 0.000 in/hr
Yesterday
0.00  in
Storm: 0.00 in
August
0.00 in
Last rain: 2/19/2026
Cal year
0.98 in
192 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
9.3 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Sep 01
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F88.0
▼ Last hour: -2.1 °F
88.0°98.1°
3hr ago90mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg47.0
▼ Last hour: -3.6 °F
47.0°55.0°
3hr ago90mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg8.7
▼ Last hour: -0.8 mph
0.09.8
3hr ago90mNow
Wind Gust mph16.0
▲ Last hour: +2.0 mph
0.023.0
3hr ago90mNow
Humidity %5m avg24
▼ Last hour: -2 %
2028
3hr ago90mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.73
▲ Last hour: +0.02 inHg
29.6529.73
3hr ago90mNow
Solar W/m²0
● Last hour: +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● Last hour: +0.00 in
3hr ago90mNow

 

 

 

warnings updated: Monday, August 31, 2026, 9:33 pm PDT

 

 

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Summer Moisture / Monsoon Watch. Hourly Forecast for Select Locations

Forecast Source: National Weather Service

Forecast generated: Mon Aug 31, 5:30 PM PDT     Last checked: Mon Aug 31, 6:00 PM PDT
Temperature, °F
Temperature, °F chart.
Dew point, °F
Dew point, °F chart.
Sky cover, %
Sky cover, % chart.
Probability of precipitation, %
Probability of precipitation, % chart.
Probability of thunder, %
Probability of thunder, % chart.
Precip. amount, in
Precipitation, in Total accumulation, in
Precip. amount, in chart.
Wind speed / gust, mph
Wind speed / gust, mph chart.

 

 

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.

August 1-31

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for August 1-31: 0.30 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.30 in.
Jan 1 to August 31, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Aug 31, 2026: 2.23 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -1.25 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Aug 31, 2026: 3.43 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.54 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 106 ° 118 °
 ( 1950 )		 Sunrise:
6:21am 		Sunset:
7:14pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 89%
Low 78 ° 56 °
 ( 1957 )		   Moonrise:
9:01pm 		Moonset:
 9:52am 		 
       
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: 87.8 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 23 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 64.8 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 19.6 °F
Current Dew Point: 46.5 °F Cooler Temperature Output 68.3 °F
Current Humidity: 24 %

 

 


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