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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
127 AM CDT SAT AUG 17 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 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         87    346 PM 108    1983  84      3       85
  MINIMUM         67    559 AM  52    1879  65      2       59
                                      1992
  AVERAGE         77                        74      3       72

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.04 1980   0.14  -0.14     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.66                      2.15  -0.49     2.38
  SINCE JUN 1     14.78                     11.23   3.55     7.90
  SINCE JAN 1     28.09                     25.08   3.01    18.78

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        0
  SINCE JUN 1      1                        16    -15        5
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         1     -1        2

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY       12                         9      3        7
  MONTH TO DATE  151                       162    -11      146
  SINCE JUN 1    818                       734     84      751
  SINCE JAN 1    915                       817     98      871
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.8


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    90           100 AM
 LOWEST     46           200 PM
 AVERAGE    68

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84       104      1988
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        47      1897


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 17 2024........SUNRISE   626 AM CDT   SUNSET   810 PM CDT
AUGUST 18 2024........SUNRISE   627 AM CDT   SUNSET   809 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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