486  
CDUS43 KDMX 170634  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
134 AM CDT MON JUL 17 2023  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 16 2023
 
 
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)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 82 324 PM 102 1936 86 -4 81  
MINIMUM 65 614 AM 53 1906 67 -2 72  
AVERAGE 74 76 -2 77  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 2.31 1922 0.11 -0.11 T  
MONTH TO DATE 2.26 2.04 0.22 2.16  
SINCE JUN 1 5.46 7.30 -1.84 5.26  
SINCE JAN 1 16.34 21.15 -4.81 16.99  
 
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 2 0 2 0  
SINCE JUN 1 5 15 -10 0  
SINCE JUL 1 2 0 2 0  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 9 11 -2 12  
MONTH TO DATE 152 173 -21 200  
SINCE JUN 1 420 403 17 490  
SINCE JAN 1 540 486 54 620    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
HAZE  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 90 400 AM  
LOWEST 51 300 PM  
AVERAGE 71  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 104 1936  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 49 1911  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 17 2023..........SUNRISE 555 AM CDT SUNSET 846 PM CDT  
JULY 18 2023..........SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET 845 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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