688  
CDUS43 KDMX 070632  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
132 AM CDT SAT OCT 07 2023  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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 56 245 PM 94 1963 69 -13 70  
MINIMUM 45 756 AM 24 1952 47 -2 47  
AVERAGE 51 58 -7 59  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.04 1.47 2017 0.09 -0.05 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.11 0.59 -0.48 0.02  
SINCE SEP 1 2.54 3.77 -1.23 3.54  
SINCE JAN 1 21.34 30.87 -9.53 24.66  
 
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 14 8 6 6  
MONTH TO DATE 17 44 -27 13  
SINCE SEP 1 20 130 -110 78  
SINCE JUL 1 22 135 -113 78  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 35 7 28 0  
SINCE SEP 1 212 127 85 156  
SINCE JAN 1 1281 1062 219 1316    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 40 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 50 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.7  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
LIGHT RAIN  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 90 800 AM  
LOWEST 48 200 PM  
AVERAGE 69  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 91 1939  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 26 1952  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 7 2023.......SUNRISE 718 AM CDT SUNSET 647 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 8 2023.......SUNRISE 719 AM CDT SUNSET 645 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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