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Thousand Palms, California

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Thousand Palms, California
79
°F
 
Mild — clear
Feels like 79.5°F  ·  This time yesterday: 80°F
Past 2 Hours ● +0.2°F
78.3° 81.9°
2hr ago 60m Now
82
Today’s High
12:53 AM
100°
Yesterday’s High
4:43 PM
78
Today’s Low
1:51 AM
78°
Yesterday’s Low
6:21 AM
Updated: 2:07:00 am PDT
Humidity
39 %
24h diff -7%
Hi 45% 12:00 AM
Lo 34% 12:54 AM
Dew Point
52 °F
24h diff -5°F
Hi 56° 12:00 AM
Lo 51° 12:54 AM
Wind
E1 mph
Gust 1.0 mph
Top gust 12.0 mph (12:48 AM)
Cloud Height / Wind
6488 ft
10m avg 0.9 mph
Hour top gust 8 mph N
Wind Run  mi
Barometer
29.74 in
Steady  ·  24h diff 0.05
Hi 29.74 1:55 AM
Lo 29.72 12:00 AM
Solar
0 wm
0% of max
Daylight 12:22 hr
High Solar 0 wm
Max Temp for this Date
110 °F
2020 · (This Station · Since 2004)
Min Temp for this Date
65 °F
2006 · (This Station · Since 2004)
This time yesterday
80 °F
-1.3° vs now
Record high (this date)
114 °F
1922 · (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
9 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 16
Live data from sensors installed in Thousand Palms, CA  ·  Rain verified by NWS Standard Rain Gauge

GRAPHS, LAST 3 HOURS:

Temperature °F79.3
▼ Last hour: -0.6 °F
78.3°82.0°
2hr ago60mNow
Dew Point °F5m avg53.0
▼ Last hour: -0.6 °F
51.8°58.0°
2hr ago60mNow
Avg Wind Speed mph10m avg0.1
▼ Last hour: -2.1 mph
0.04.2
2hr ago60mNow
Wind Gust mph2.0
▼ Last hour: -3.0 mph
0.012.0
2hr ago60mNow
Humidity %5m avg40
● Last hour: +0 %
3548
2hr ago60mNow
Barometer inHg5m avg29.74
▲ Last hour: +0.01 inHg
29.7129.74
2hr ago60mNow
Solar W/m²0
● Last hour: +0 W/m²
2hr ago60mNow
Rain in0.00
● Last hour: +0.00 in
2hr ago60mNow

 

warnings updated: Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 2:03 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: Tue Sep 15, 11:02 PM PDT     Last checked: Wed Sep 16, 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 1-16

Observed Rainfall: 0.07 in.
Normal Rain for September 1-16: 0.18 in.

Departure from Normal: below  -0.11 in.
Jan 1 to September 16, 2026

Observed Rainfall: 1.05 in.
Normal Rain for Jan 1 to Sep 16, 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 16, 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 ° 114 °
 ( 1922 )		 Sunrise:
6:32am 		Sunset:
6:52pm 		 
Moon Percent:
 26%
Low 75 ° 54 °
 ( 1954 )		   Moonrise:
12:10pm 		Moonset:
 9:57pm 		 
       
Fire Danger

 

WEATHER STORY
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Weather Forecast Office
Highs Wednesday Highs Thursday
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Similar to slightly lower temperatures to Tuesday; still several degrees below seasonal averages.

Data Courtesy of San Diego Weather Forecast Office

MicroCool   

"To Fog or Not"

 

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Fogging Effectiveness

(This guide generally will work for evaporative coolers also)

 

Current Temperature: 79.6 °F Wet Bulb Depression: 15.6 °F
Current Wet Bulb: 64.0 °F Cooler Effectiveness at 85% Effcy 13.3 °F
Current Dew Point: 52.5 °F Cooler Temperature Output 66.3 °F
Current Humidity: 39 %

 

 


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