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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
81
°F
Colder 1.5°F than last hour.
Mild — clear
Feels like 81.0°F  ·  This time yesterday: 85°F
Past 2 Hours ▼ -3.3°F
80.2° 84.2°
2hr ago 60m Now
85
Today’s High
12:01 AM
105°
Yesterday’s High
4:07 PM
80
Today’s Low
2:00 AM
81°
Yesterday’s Low
6:01 AM
Updated: 2:22:00 am PDT
Humidity
45 %
24h diff 3%
Hi 46% 1:46 AM
Lo 38% 12:00 AM
Dew Point
57 °F
24h diff -2°F
Hi 58° 1:20 AM
Lo 57° 12:00 AM
Wind
W3 mph
Gust 1.0 mph
Top gust 16.1 mph (12:00 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
5617 ft
10m avg 2.6 mph
Hour top gust 9 mph NNW
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.68 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.05
Hi 29.69 2:07 AM
Lo 29.66 12:00 AM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 12:24 hr
High Solar 0 wm
Max Temp for this Date
110 °F
2014 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
66 °F
2005 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
85 °F
-3.9° vs now
Record high (this date)
116 °F
1929 · (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
8 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
8.4 UV  ·  Very High  ·  Sep 15
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F80.8
▼ Last hour: -1.8 °F
80.2°85.5°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg57.0
▼ Last hour: -0.6 °F
56.8°58.0°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg2.0
▲ Last hour: +0.2 mph
0.010.9
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph4.0
▼ Last hour: -2.0 mph
0.018.0
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg45
▲ Last hour: +3 %
3946
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.69
▲ Last hour: +0.01 inHg
29.6529.69
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, September 15, 2026, 2:18 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: Mon Sep 14, 11:02 PM PDT     Last checked: Tue Sep 15, 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 1-15

Observed Rainfall: 0.07 in.
Normal Rain for September 1-15: 0.18 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.11 in.
Jan 1 to September 15, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 1.05 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Sep 15, 2026: 2.41 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -1.36 in.
Water Year: Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Observed Rainfall: 2.96 in.
Normal Rain for Oct 1 to Sep 15, 2026: 3.61 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.65 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 102 ° 116 °
 ( 1929 )		 Sunrise:
6:31am 		Sunset:
6:54pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 17%
Low 75 ° 53 °
 ( 1927 )		   Moonrise:
11:09am 		Moonset:
 9:16pm 		 
       
Fire Danger

 

WEATHER STORY
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One of the coolest days of the week - high temperatures run around 5-10 degrees below normal!

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: 80.9 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 14.1 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 66.8 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 12 °F
Current Dew Point: 57.6 °F Cooler Temperature Output 68.9 °F
Current Humidity: 45 %

 

 


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