180  
CDUS43 KDMX 262228  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
528 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2023  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26 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 86 258 PM 104 1983 82 4 84  
MINIMUM 69 639 AM 45 1910 62 7 64  
AVERAGE 78 72 6 74  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 4.18 1977 0.13 -0.13 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 2.40 3.51 -1.11 1.93  
SINCE JUN 1 7.92 12.59 -4.67 7.28  
SINCE JAN 1 18.80 26.44 -7.64 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 13 8 5 9  
MONTH TO DATE 309 246 63 297  
SINCE JUN 1 914 818 96 977  
SINCE JAN 1 1034 901 133 1107    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 79 100 AM  
LOWEST 40 300 PM  
AVERAGE 60  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 99 1955  
2013  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 45 1986  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 26 2023........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT  
AUGUST 27 2023........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 756 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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