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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
526 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 13 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         74    359 PM  99    1965  84    -10       77
  MINIMUM         65    616 AM  48    1964  65      0       66
  AVERAGE         70                        75     -5       72

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            T             3.24 1940   0.13  -0.13     0.01
  MONTH TO DATE    0.54                      1.73  -1.19     2.37
  SINCE JUN 1     13.66                     10.81   2.85     7.89
  SINCE JAN 1     26.97                     24.66   2.31    18.77

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            5                        10     -5        7
  MONTH TO DATE  116                       134    -18      132
  SINCE JUN 1    783                       706     77      737
  SINCE JAN 1    880                       789     91      857
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.9


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    97           300 AM
 LOWEST     73          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    85

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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        51      1885
                                             1994


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 13 2024........SUNRISE   622 AM CDT   SUNSET   816 PM CDT
AUGUST 14 2024........SUNRISE   623 AM CDT   SUNSET   815 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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