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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
108
°F
Colder 1.6°F than last hour.
Hot — clear
Feels like 106.4°F  ·  This time yesterday: 103°F
Past 2 Hours ● -2°F
106.9° 109.1°
2hr ago 60m Now
110
Today’s High
3:31 PM
105°
Yesterday’s High
4:38 PM
85
Today’s Low
5:54 AM
81°
Yesterday’s Low
5:52 AM
Updated: 5:45:00 pm PDT
Humidity
19 %
24h diff -7%
Hi 40% 3:08 AM
Lo 19% 5:12 PM
Dew Point
56 °F
24h diff -6°F
Hi 66° 12:12 PM
Lo 55° 6:13 AM
Wind
NW12 mph
Gust 14.0 mph
Top gust 26.5 mph (2:39 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
11938 ft
10m avg 11.4 mph
Hour top gust 21 mph W
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.72 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.08
Hi 29.88 8:09 AM
Lo 29.72 5:32 PM
Solar
278 wm
86% of max
Daylight 13:21 hr
High Solar 911 wm
Max Temp for this Date
115 °F
2015 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
73 °F
2017 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
103 °F
+5.1° vs now
Record high (this date)
115 °F
1994 · (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
177 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
9.6 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Aug 16
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F106.9
▼ Last hour: -1.8 °F
106.9°109.6°
3hr ago90mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg56.0
▼ Last hour: -5.6 °F
56.4°64.0°
3hr ago90mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg12.7
▲ Last hour: +8.0 mph
0.010.6
3hr ago90mNow
Wind Gust mph16.0
▲ Last hour: +12.0 mph
0.021.0
3hr ago90mNow
Humidity %5m avg19
▼ Last hour: -3 %
1924
3hr ago90mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.72
▼ Last hour: -0.01 inHg
29.7229.79
3hr ago90mNow
Solar W/m²278
▼ Last hour: -193 W/m²
278647
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● Last hour: +0.00 in
3hr ago90mNow

 

 

 

warnings updated: Sunday, August 16, 2026, 5:33 pm PDT

 

 

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Summer Moisture / Monsoon Watch. Hourly Forecast for Select Locations

Forecast Source: National Weather Service

Forecast generated: Sun Aug 16, 11:53 AM PDT     Last checked: Sun Aug 16, 12:00 PM PDT
Temperature, °F
Temperature, °F chart.
Dew point, °F
Dew point, °F chart.
Sky cover, %
Sky cover, % 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 1-16

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for August 1-16: 0.08 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.08 in.
Jan 1 to August 16, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Aug 16, 2026: 2.01 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -1.03 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Aug 16, 2026: 3.21 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.32 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 108 ° 115 °
 ( 1994 )		 Sunrise:
6:10am 		Sunset:
7:33pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 17%
Low 80 ° 58 °
 ( 1956 )		   Moonrise:
10:20am 		Moonset:
 9:42pm 		 
       
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: 106.9 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 32 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 74.9 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 27.2 °F
Current Dew Point: 56.0 °F Cooler Temperature Output 79.7 °F
Current Humidity: 19 %

 

 


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