982  
CDUS43 KDMX 200631  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
131 AM CDT SUN AUG 20 2023  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 19 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 92 544 PM 101 1983 83 9 84  
MINIMUM 66 503 AM 49 1950 64 2 62  
AVERAGE 79 74 5 73  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.03 1979 0.14 -0.14 0.41  
MONTH TO DATE 2.38 2.57 -0.19 1.88  
SINCE JUN 1 7.90 11.65 -3.75 7.23  
SINCE JAN 1 18.78 25.50 -6.72 18.96  
 
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 14 9 5 8  
MONTH TO DATE 167 189 -22 241  
SINCE JUN 1 772 761 11 921  
SINCE JAN 1 892 844 48 1051    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 85 1100 PM  
LOWEST 57 100 PM  
AVERAGE 71  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 100 1947  
1983  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 40 1950  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 20 2023........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT  
AUGUST 21 2023........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 805 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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