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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
130 AM CDT WED AUG 16 2023
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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 80 356 PM 104 1988 84 -4 70
MINIMUM 57 426 AM 49 1929 65 -8 64
AVERAGE 69 74 -5 67
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.00 3.43 1906 0.14 -0.14 0.55
MONTH TO DATE 2.38 2.01 0.37 1.42
SINCE JUN 1 7.90 11.09 -3.19 6.77
SINCE JAN 1 18.78 24.94 -6.16 18.50
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 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUN 1 5 16 -11 0
SINCE JUL 1 2 1 1 0
COOLING
YESTERDAY 4 9 -5 2
MONTH TO DATE 139 153 -14 209
SINCE JUN 1 744 725 19 889
SINCE JAN 1 864 808 56 1019
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 400 AM
LOWEST 39 400 PM
AVERAGE 66
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 108 1983
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 52 1879
1992
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 16 2023........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT
AUGUST 17 2023........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 811 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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