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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
141 AM CDT FRI JUL 12 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 11 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         83    509 PM 103    1936  86     -3       93
                                      1954
  MINIMUM         63    300 AM  54    1898  66     -3       68
                                      1926
                                      1945
  AVERAGE         73                        76     -3       81

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.60 1964   0.12  -0.12     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    3.43                      1.46   1.97     0.17
  SINCE JUN 1      7.56                      6.72   0.84     3.37
  SINCE JAN 1     20.87                     20.57   0.30    14.25

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      MM

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        8                        11     -3       16
  MONTH TO DATE   88                       118    -30       98
  SINCE JUN 1    419                       348     71      366
  SINCE JAN 1    516                       431     85      486
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)
  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           200 AM
 LOWEST     49           400 PM
 AVERAGE    68

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       105      1939
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        53      1941


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 12 2024..........SUNRISE   552 AM CDT   SUNSET   848 PM CDT
JULY 13 2024..........SUNRISE   553 AM CDT   SUNSET   848 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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