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Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms, California
99
°F
Warmer 1.8°F than last hour.
Warm —
Feels like 106.6°F  ·  This time yesterday: 103°F
Past 2 Hours ▲ +5.5°F
93.8° 99.3°
2hr ago 60m Now
99
Today’s High
12:16 PM
105°
Yesterday’s High
1:12 PM
87
Today’s Low
6:15 AM
88°
Yesterday’s Low
5:49 AM
Updated: 12:40:00 pm PDT
Humidity
37 %
24h diff 9%
Hi 50% 4:14 AM
Lo 30% 12:06 AM
Dew Point
68 °F
24h diff 5°F
Hi 71° 12:10 PM
Lo 57° 12:47 AM
Wind
S4 mph
Gust 6.0 mph
Top gust 11.5 mph (11:31 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
7340 ft
10m avg 4.9 mph
Hour top gust 11 mph ESE
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.77 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.07
Hi 29.8 8:36 AM
Lo 29.7 12:00 AM
Solar
990 wm
96% of max
Daylight 14:09 hr
High Solar 1153 wm
Max Temp for this Date
118 °F
2005 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
74 °F
2012 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
103 °F
-3.9° vs now
Record high (this date)
120 °F
2005 · (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
147 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
10.5 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Jul 17
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F99.1
▲ Last hour: +1.8 °F
91.9°99.3°
3hr ago90mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg70.0
▲ Last hour: +0.8 °F
67.0°70.4°
3hr ago90mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg3.7
▼ Last hour: -0.2 mph
0.05.6
3hr ago90mNow
Wind Gust mph2.0
▼ Last hour: -10.0 mph
0.012.0
3hr ago90mNow
Humidity %5m avg39
▼ Last hour: -1 %
3946
3hr ago90mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.78
▼ Last hour: -0.01 inHg
29.7829.79
3hr ago90mNow
Solar W/m²990
▼ Last hour: -30 W/m²
5191,020
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● Last hour: +0.00 in
3hr ago90mNow

 

warnings updated: Friday, July 17, 2026, 12:33 pm PDT

 

 

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Summer Moisture / Monsoon Watch. Hourly Forecast for Select Locations

Forecast Source: National Weather Service

Forecast generated: Fri Jul 17, 11:56 AM PDT     Last checked: Fri Jul 17, 12:00 PM PDT
Temperature, °F
Temperature, °F chart.
Dew point, °F
Dew point, °F chart.
Sky cover, %
Sky cover, % chart.
Probability of precipitation, %
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Probability of thunder, %
Probability of thunder, % chart.
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Rain Climatology

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

July 1-17

Observed Rainfall: 0.00 in.
Normal Rain for July 1-17: 0.02 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.02 in.
Jan 1 to July 17, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 0.98 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Jul 17, 2026: 1.83 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.85 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.89 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Jul 17, 2026: 3.03 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.14 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 ° 120 °
 ( 2005 )		 Sunrise:
5:49am 		Sunset:
7:57pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 10%
Low 80 ° 56 °
 ( 1940 )		   Moonrise:
9:28am 		Moonset:
 10:21pm 		 
       
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: 99.3 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 21 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 78.3 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 17.9 °F
Current Dew Point: 68.4 °F Cooler Temperature Output 81.5 °F
Current Humidity: 37 %

 

 


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