590  
CDUS43 KDMX 172245  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
545 PM CDT MON JUL 17 2023  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 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 78 352 PM 104 1936 86 -8 87  
MINIMUM 67 731 AM 49 1911 67 0 71  
AVERAGE 73 76 -3 79  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 2.84 1996 0.12 -0.12 T  
MONTH TO DATE 2.26 2.16 0.10 2.16  
SINCE JUN 1 5.46 7.42 -1.96 5.26  
SINCE JAN 1 16.34 21.27 -4.93 16.99  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY MM MM MM 0.0 MM 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 MM  
 
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 8 11 -3 14  
MONTH TO DATE 160 184 -24 214  
SINCE JUN 1 428 414 14 504  
SINCE JAN 1 548 497 51 634    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
FOG  
HAZE  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 90 200 AM  
LOWEST 45 100 PM  
AVERAGE 68  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 104 1930  
1934  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 55 1882  
 
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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