313  
CDUS43 KDMX 180637  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
137 AM CDT TUE JUL 18 2023  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 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 78 352 PM 104 1936 86 -8 87  
MINIMUM 64 1156 PM 49 1911 67 -3 71  
AVERAGE 71 76 -5 79  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 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)  
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 6 11 -5 14  
MONTH TO DATE 158 184 -26 214  
SINCE JUN 1 426 414 12 504  
SINCE JAN 1 546 497 49 634    
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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 5.2  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
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 TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 104 1930  
1934  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 55 1882  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 18 2023..........SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET 845 PM CDT  
JULY 19 2023..........SUNRISE 557 AM CDT SUNSET 844 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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