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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
129 AM CDT TUE AUG 06 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 5 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    508 PM 108    1934  85     10       85
  MINIMUM         75    618 AM  47    1889  66      9       66
  AVERAGE         85                        75     10       76

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.34 1972   0.13  -0.13     0.68
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.66  -0.66     1.36
  SINCE JUN 1     13.12                      9.74   3.38     6.88
  SINCE JAN 1     26.43                     23.59   2.84    17.76

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       20                        10     10       11
  MONTH TO DATE   85                        54     31       56
  SINCE JUN 1    752                       626    126      661
  SINCE JAN 1    849                       709    140      781
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.2


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    79          1200 AM
 LOWEST     39           500 PM
 AVERAGE    59

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       101      1918
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        53      1887
                                             1989


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST  6 2024........SUNRISE   615 AM CDT   SUNSET   825 PM CDT
AUGUST  7 2024........SUNRISE   616 AM CDT   SUNSET   824 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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