523  
CDUS43 KDMX 030633  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
133 AM CDT TUE OCT 03 2023  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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 89 310 PM 92 1953 71 18 75  
MINIMUM 63 634 AM 27 1974 49 14 51  
AVERAGE 76 60 16 63  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.37 2007 0.10 -0.10 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.21 -0.21 0.00  
SINCE SEP 1 2.43 3.39 -0.96 3.52  
SINCE JAN 1 21.23 30.49 -9.26 24.64  
 
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 SEP 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 7 -7 2  
MONTH TO DATE 0 13 -13 5  
SINCE SEP 1 3 99 -96 70  
SINCE JUL 1 5 104 -99 70  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 11 1 10 0  
MONTH TO DATE 24 3 21 0  
SINCE SEP 1 201 123 78 156  
SINCE JAN 1 1270 1058 212 1316    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 75 700 AM  
LOWEST 33 400 PM  
AVERAGE 54  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 92 1997  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 29 1888  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 3 2023.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 653 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 4 2023.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 652 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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