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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
128 AM CDT MON AUG 05 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 4 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         96    325 PM 110    1918  85     11       84
  MINIMUM         73    621 AM  47    1894  66      7       70
  AVERAGE         85                        76      9       77

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.30 1970   0.14  -0.14      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.53  -0.53     0.68
  SINCE JUN 1     13.12                      9.61   3.51     6.20
  SINCE JAN 1     26.43                     23.46   2.97    17.08

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                        11      9       12
  MONTH TO DATE   65                        44     21       45
  SINCE JUN 1    732                       616    116      650
  SINCE JAN 1    829                       699    130      770
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.2


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    87           500 AM
 LOWEST     46           200 PM
 AVERAGE    67

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       108      1934
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        47      1889


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST  5 2024........SUNRISE   614 AM CDT   SUNSET   827 PM CDT
AUGUST  6 2024........SUNRISE   615 AM CDT   SUNSET   825 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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