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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
527 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2023
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 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 85 254 PM 108 1983 84 1 81
MINIMUM 59 448 AM 52 1879 65 -6 65
1992
AVERAGE 72 74 -2 73
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 2.04 1980 0.14 -0.14 T
MONTH TO DATE 2.38 2.15 0.23 1.42
SINCE JUN 1 7.90 11.23 -3.33 6.77
SINCE JAN 1 18.78 25.08 -6.30 18.50
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 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUN 1 5 16 -11 0
SINCE JUL 1 2 1 1 0
COOLING
TODAY 7 9 -2 8
MONTH TO DATE 146 162 -16 217
SINCE JUN 1 751 734 17 897
SINCE JAN 1 871 817 54 1027
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 83 300 AM
LOWEST 49 200 PM
AVERAGE 66
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 104 1988
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 47 1897
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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