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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
526 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 14 2024...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.

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)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         80    359 PM 104    1988  84     -4       74
  MINIMUM         66    718 AM  51    1885  65      1       62
                                      1994
  AVERAGE         73                        74     -1       68

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.28          3.51 1908   0.14   0.14     0.01
  MONTH TO DATE    0.82                      1.87  -1.05     2.38
  SINCE JUN 1     13.94                     10.95   2.99     7.90
  SINCE JAN 1     27.25                     24.80   2.45    18.78

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            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
  TODAY            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
  TODAY            8                        10     -2        3
  MONTH TO DATE  124                       144    -20      135
  SINCE JUN 1    791                       716     75      740
  SINCE JAN 1    888                       799     89      860
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.0


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    96           700 AM
 LOWEST     67           200 PM
 AVERAGE    82

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84       104      1988
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        49      1929


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 14 2024........SUNRISE   623 AM CDT   SUNSET   815 PM CDT
AUGUST 15 2024........SUNRISE   624 AM CDT   SUNSET   813 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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