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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
93
°F
Colder 0.4°F than last hour.
Warm — clear
Feels like 89.3°F  ·  This time yesterday: 93°F
Past 2 Hours ● -1°F
93.4° 94.5°
2hr ago 60m Now
95
Today’s High
1:21 AM
113°
Yesterday’s High
4:38 PM
93
Today’s Low
2:45 AM
90°
Yesterday’s Low
6:16 AM
Updated: 2:50:00 am PDT
Humidity
17 %
24h diff -1%
Hi 21% 12:00 AM
Lo 15% 12:28 AM
Dew Point
42 °F
24h diff -1°F
Hi 48° 12:00 AM
Lo 40° 12:28 AM
Wind
W9 mph
Gust 12.0 mph
Top gust 22.0 mph (1:29 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
12026 ft
10m avg 10.1 mph
Hour top gust 21 mph NW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.73 in
Steady  ·  24h diff -0.05
Hi 29.74 12:31 AM
Lo 29.73 2:46 AM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 13:20 hr
High Solar 0 wm
Max Temp for this Date
112 °F
2011 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
78 °F
2024 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
93 °F
+0.4° vs now
Record high (this date)
117 °F
1946 · (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
179 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
10.3 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Aug 18
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F93.4
● Last hour: -0.5 °F
93.4°94.6°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg42.0
▲ Last hour: +1.0 °F
40.0°51.0°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg11.6
▲ Last hour: +0.2 mph
0.010.4
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph15.0
▼ Last hour: -1.0 mph
0.022.0
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg17
▲ Last hour: +1 %
1523
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.73
● Last hour: +0.00 inHg
29.7329.74
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²0
● Last hour: +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● Last hour: +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

 

 

 

warnings updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2026, 2:48 am PDT

 

 

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Summer Moisture / Monsoon Watch. Hourly Forecast for Select Locations

Forecast Source: National Weather Service

Forecast generated: Mon Aug 17, 11:49 PM PDT     Last checked: Tue Aug 18, 12:00 AM 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.

 

 

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 1-18

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for August 1-18: 0.08 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.08 in.
Jan 1 to August 18, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Aug 18, 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 18, 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 ° 117 °
 ( 1946 )		 Sunrise:
6:12am 		Sunset:
7:30pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 26%
Low 80 ° 60 °
 ( 1930 )		   Moonrise:
12:23pm 		Moonset:
 10:43pm 		 
       
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: 93.4 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 27.9 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 65.5 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 23.7 °F
Current Dew Point: 42.1 °F Cooler Temperature Output 69.7 °F
Current Humidity: 17 %

 

 


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