Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
526 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2024
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 12 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 71 1218 AM 101 1936 84 -13 88
MINIMUM 63 701 AM 48 1964 65 -2 67
2004
AVERAGE 67 75 -8 78
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.53 3.06 1932 0.13 0.40 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.54 1.60 -1.06 2.36
SINCE JUN 1 13.66 10.68 2.98 7.88
SINCE JAN 1 26.97 24.53 2.44 18.76
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 2 10 -8 13
MONTH TO DATE 111 124 -13 125
SINCE JUN 1 778 696 82 730
SINCE JAN 1 875 779 96 850
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 600 AM
LOWEST 61 1200 AM
AVERAGE 77
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 99 1965
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 48 1964
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 12 2024........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT
AUGUST 13 2024........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 816 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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