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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
137 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 15 2024...

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)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         95    311 PM 108    1936  86      9       85
  MINIMUM         72   1043 PM  50    1930  67      5       67
  AVERAGE         84                        76      8       76

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             1.19 1882   0.12  -0.12     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    3.43                      1.93   1.50     2.26
  SINCE JUN 1      7.56                      7.19   0.37     5.46
  SINCE JAN 1     20.87                     21.04  -0.17    16.34

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        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
  YESTERDAY        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
  YESTERDAY       19                        11      8       11
  MONTH TO DATE  157                       162     -5      143
  SINCE JUN 1    488                       392     96      411
  SINCE JAN 1    585                       475    110      531
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    32   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    49   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.6


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  LIGHT RAIN
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    90          1100 PM
 LOWEST     58           100 PM
 AVERAGE    74

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       102      1936
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        53      1906


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 16 2024..........SUNRISE   555 AM CDT   SUNSET   846 PM CDT
JULY 17 2024..........SUNRISE   556 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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