142  
CDUS43 KDMX 050628  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
128 AM CDT THU OCT 05 2023  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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 75 232 PM 92 1938 70 5 78  
MINIMUM 56 1159 PM 29 1935 48 8 52  
1968  
1999  
AVERAGE 66 59 7 65  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 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)  
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 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  
YESTERDAY 1 1 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 35 5 30 0  
SINCE SEP 1 212 125 87 156  
SINCE JAN 1 1281 1060 221 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 8.3  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
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 TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 95 1963  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 30 1952  
1988  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 5 2023.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 650 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 6 2023.......SUNRISE 717 AM CDT SUNSET 648 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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