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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
525 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 2024...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2024


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         82    134 PM 104    1936  86     -4       78
  MINIMUM         66    412 AM  49    1911  67     -1       64
  AVERAGE         74                        76     -2       71

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          2.84 1996   0.12  -0.12     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    3.43                      2.16   1.27     2.26
  SINCE JUN 1      7.56                      7.42   0.14     5.46
  SINCE JAN 1     20.87                     21.27  -0.40    16.34

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        2
  SINCE JUN 1      1                        15    -14        5
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        2

 COOLING
  TODAY            9                        11     -2        6
  MONTH TO DATE  176                       184     -8      158
  SINCE JUN 1    507                       414     93      426
  SINCE JAN 1    604                       497    107      546
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.2


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    87           400 AM
 LOWEST     45           300 PM
 AVERAGE    66

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       104      1930
                                             1934
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        55      1882


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 17 2024..........SUNRISE   556 AM CDT   SUNSET   845 PM CDT
JULY 18 2024..........SUNRISE   557 AM CDT   SUNSET   845 PM CDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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