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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
86
°F
Colder 0.1°F than last hour.
Mild — clear
Feels like 87.6°F  ·  This time yesterday: 92°F
Past 2 Hours ● -1.6°F
86.4° 88.2°
2hr ago 60m Now
91
Today’s High
12:00 AM
108°
Yesterday’s High
4:25 PM
86
Today’s Low
3:36 AM
90°
Yesterday’s Low
6:33 AM
Updated: 4:28:00 am PDT
Humidity
46 %
24h diff 9%
Hi 66% 3:11 AM
Lo 41% 12:03 AM
Dew Point
63 °F
24h diff 1°F
Hi 75° 2:58 AM
Lo 63° 4:27 AM
Wind
NE6 mph
Gust 4.0 mph
Top gust 11.5 mph (1:48 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
5742 ft
10m avg 4.9 mph
Hour top gust 9 mph NNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.72 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.07
Hi 29.72 4:25 AM
Lo 29.69 12:00 AM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 12:31 hr
High Solar 0 wm
Max Temp for this Date
111 °F
2021 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
67 °F
2005 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
92 °F
-5.8° vs now
Record high (this date)
120 °F
1971 · (Palm Springs Airport)
Rain today
0.00 in
Rate: 0.000 in/hr
Yesterday
0.00  in
Storm: 0.00 in
September
0.07 in
Last rain: 9/6/2026
Cal year
1.05 in
5 days since rain
Water year
2.96 in
Oct.’25 – Sep.’26
Max rain rate: 0.000 (00:00 AM)
CWOP: CW2285  ·  WU: KCATHOUS8
NWS verified rain gauge
8.5 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Sep 12
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F86.5
● Last hour: -0.2 °F
86.4°89.4°
3hr ago90mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg63.0
▼ Last hour: -3.0 °F
63.0°74.0°
3hr ago90mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg5.2
▲ Last hour: +1.9 mph
0.05.7
3hr ago90mNow
Wind Gust mph5.0
● Last hour: +0.0 mph
0.012.0
3hr ago90mNow
Humidity %5m avg46
▼ Last hour: -4 %
4565
3hr ago90mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.72
▲ Last hour: +0.01 inHg
29.7029.72
3hr ago90mNow
Solar W/m²0
● Last hour: +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● Last hour: +0.00 in
3hr ago90mNow

 

warnings updated: Saturday, September 12, 2026, 4:18 am PDT

 

Rainy Day, September 6th

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Sunset, September 5th

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Summer Moisture / Monsoon Watch. Hourly Forecast for Select Locations

Forecast Source: National Weather Service

Forecast generated: Sat Sep 12, 12:00 AM PDT     Last checked: Sat Sep 12, 12:00 AM PDT
Temperature, °F
Temperature, °F chart.
Dew point, °F
Dew point, °F 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.

September 1-12

Observed Rainfall: 0.07 in.
Normal Rain for September 1-12: 0.16 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.09 in.
Jan 1 to September 12, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 1.05 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Sep 12, 2026: 2.39 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -1.34 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.96 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Sep 12, 2026: 3.59 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.63 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 103 ° 120 °
 ( 1971 )		 Sunrise:
6:29am 		Sunset:
6:58pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 1%
Low 76 ° 53 °
 ( 1930 )		   Moonrise:
8:02am 		Moonset:
 7:40pm 		 
       
Fire Danger

 

WEATHER STORY
San Diego
Weather Forecast Office
High Temperatures Today Highs Sunday
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A cooling trend will allow temperatures to drop to a few degrees below normal across the region by Sunday.

Data Courtesy of San Diego Weather Forecast Office

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: 86.7 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 15.3 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 71.4 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 13 °F
Current Dew Point: 62.8 °F Cooler Temperature Output 73.7 °F
Current Humidity: 45 %

 

 


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