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CDUS43 KDMX 082234  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
534 PM CDT SUN OCT 08 2023  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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 72 315 PM 88 1938 68 4 62  
MINIMUM 44 637 AM 24 2000 46 -2 33  
AVERAGE 58 57 1 48  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 2.30 1970 0.11 -0.11 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.11 0.79 -0.68 0.02  
SINCE SEP 1 2.54 3.97 -1.43 3.54  
SINCE JAN 1 21.34 31.07 -9.73 24.66  
 
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 7 9 -2 17  
MONTH TO DATE 39 62 -23 48  
SINCE SEP 1 42 148 -106 113  
SINCE JUL 1 44 153 -109 113  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 1 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 35 9 26 0  
SINCE SEP 1 212 129 83 156  
SINCE JAN 1 1281 1064 217 1316    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 71 800 AM  
LOWEST 28 300 PM  
AVERAGE 50  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 87 1938  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 23 1895  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 8 2023.......SUNRISE 719 AM CDT SUNSET 645 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 9 2023.......SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 643 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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