155  
CDUS43 KDMX 122231  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
531 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2023  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 12 2023
 
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2023  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 81 359 PM 105 1939 86 -5 85  
MINIMUM 66 538 AM 53 1941 67 -1 62  
AVERAGE 74 76 -2 74  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 2.09 2.28 1987 0.11 1.98 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 2.26 1.57 0.69 2.16  
SINCE JUN 1 5.46 6.83 -1.37 5.26  
SINCE JAN 1 16.34 20.68 -4.34 16.99  
 
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 2 0 2 0  
SINCE JUN 1 5 15 -10 0  
SINCE JUL 1 2 0 2 0  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 9 11 -2 9  
MONTH TO DATE 107 129 -22 141  
SINCE JUN 1 375 359 16 431  
SINCE JAN 1 495 442 53 561    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.7  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
HEAVY RAIN  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
HAZE  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 100 600 AM  
LOWEST 61 300 PM  
AVERAGE 81  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 107 1936  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 51 1950  
1975  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 12 2023..........SUNRISE 551 AM CDT SUNSET 849 PM CDT  
JULY 13 2023..........SUNRISE 552 AM CDT SUNSET 848 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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