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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
134 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 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         82    134 PM 104    1936  86     -4       78
  MINIMUM         62   1159 PM  49    1911  67     -5       64
  AVERAGE         72                        76     -4       71

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        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)
  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        7                        11     -4        6
  MONTH TO DATE  174                       184    -10      158
  SINCE JUN 1    505                       414     91      426
  SINCE JAN 1    602                       497    105      546
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.4


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    87           400 AM
 LOWEST     43           700 PM
 AVERAGE    65

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


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 18 2024..........SUNRISE   557 AM CDT   SUNSET   845 PM CDT
JULY 19 2024..........SUNRISE   558 AM CDT   SUNSET   844 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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