061  
CDUS43 KDMX 252227  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
527 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2023  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 25 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 90 359 PM 106 1936 83 7 83  
MINIMUM 78 729 AM 44 1934 63 15 69  
AVERAGE 84 72 12 76  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.02 3.45 1987 0.13 -0.11 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 2.40 3.38 -0.98 1.93  
SINCE JUN 1 7.92 12.46 -4.54 7.28  
SINCE JAN 1 18.80 26.31 -7.51 19.01  
 
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 19 8 11 11  
MONTH TO DATE 296 238 58 288  
SINCE JUN 1 901 810 91 968  
SINCE JAN 1 1021 893 128 1098    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
LIGHT RAIN  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 85 400 AM  
LOWEST 54 1100 AM  
AVERAGE 70  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 104 1983  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 45 1910  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 25 2023........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT  
AUGUST 26 2023........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 758 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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