Temperature
89 F at 5 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 77 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 89F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 91F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 77F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Palm Springs International Airport
Palm Springs International Airport, California
Large airport in Riverside County, California89°
93°/67°
Clear·
Feels like 86°·Light breeze 7 mph E
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 84° after 93° today.
Now. Palm Springs International Airport is 89° and clear at 6 PM. With the wind it feels like 86°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 66° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 88°, and the coolest Thursday, near 75°. Rain is possible Wednesday (43%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:27 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
54Air quality
18%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
89feels86
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9367
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8466
partly cloudy day
Sun
Oct 18
8764
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8867
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
8466
12%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7661
43%
Thu
Oct 22
7558
27%
UV 6
89°
93°67°
84°66°
87°64°
88°67°
84°66°
76°61°
75°58°
As of 6:00 PM in Palm Springs International Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Palm Springs International Airport
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Coachella Vly (CA), 9 miles off.
54Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate20.9 mi
- Ozone45Good47 ppb20.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)53Moderate-
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.5 ppb20.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 15
- 44TodayOct 16
- 42SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 11 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Palm Springs International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Palm Springs International Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PSP
- ICAO
- KPSP
- IATA
- PSP
- Field elevation
- 477 ft
- Serves
- Palm Springs
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PSP
- Wind now
- From 220° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 16:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13L / 31R | 4,953 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 144° / 324° | 1 mph head, on 13L | 5 mph from the right |
| 13R / 31L | 10,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 144° / 324° | 1 mph head, on 13R | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Palm Springs Rgnl (PSP), Palm Springs International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 40 F, the air 18% saturated; the humidity ran from 16% at 4 PM to 29% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 40F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 18%
- Humidity, range
- 16 to 29%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the west southwest at 5 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 7 AM, with a gust of 21 mph at 12 PM.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 7 AM
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 12 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 5 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 5 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Palm Springs Rgnl: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Palm Springs International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/463 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cathedral City - Cathedral CanyonEDRC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/588 ft/111 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-10 - West of Haugen-Lehmann WayCF012
Beside a road/12.8 mi away/1,358 ft/881 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Palm SpringsPMPC1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/425 ft/52 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Palm Springs 2.1 NNECA-RV-73
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/396 ft/81 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Palm Springs International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Palm Springscity, 1 mi
- Cathedral Citycity, 2 mi
- Rancho Miragecity, 6 mi
- Thousand Palmscommunity, 7 mi
- Garnetcommunity, 7 mi
- Desert Edgecommunity, 7 mi
- Desert Hot Springscity, 9 mi
- Sky Valleycommunity, 10 mi
- Palm Desertcity, 10 mi
- Indian Wellscity, 12 mi
- Whitewatercommunity, 13 mi
- Desert Palmscommunity, 13 mi
Airports near Palm Springs International Airport
- Jacqueline Cochran Regional AirportTRM, 24 mi
- Hemet Ryan AirportHMT, 30 mi
- Big Bear City AirportL35, 36 mi
- Twentynine Palms Strategic Expeditionary Landing FieldNXP, 38 mi
- French Valley AirportF70, 40 mi
- Borrego Valley AirportL08, 41 mi
- March Air Reserve BaseRIV, 43 mi
- San Bernardino International AirportSBD, 46 mi