953  
CDUS43 KDMX 042226  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
526 PM CDT WED OCT 04 2023  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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 75 232 PM 92 1938 70 5 78  
MINIMUM 60 607 AM 29 1935 48 12 52  
1968  
1999  
AVERAGE 68 59 9 65  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.04 2.26 2013 0.09 -0.05 T  
MONTH TO DATE 0.07 0.40 -0.33 T  
SINCE SEP 1 2.50 3.58 -1.08 3.52  
SINCE JAN 1 21.30 30.68 -9.38 24.64  
 
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 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  
TODAY 0 8 -8 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 28 -28 5  
SINCE SEP 1 3 114 -111 70  
SINCE JUL 1 5 119 -114 70  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 3 1 2 0  
MONTH TO DATE 37 5 32 0  
SINCE SEP 1 214 125 89 156  
SINCE JAN 1 1283 1060 223 1316    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
LIGHT RAIN  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 93 400 AM  
LOWEST 51 300 PM  
AVERAGE 72  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 95 1963  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 30 1952  
1988  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 4 2023.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 652 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 5 2023.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 650 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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