943  
CDUS43 KDMX 090630  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
130 AM CDT MON OCT 09 2023  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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 72 315 PM 88 1938 68 4 62  
MINIMUM 44 637 AM 24 2000 46 -2 33  
AVERAGE 58 57 1 48  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 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)  
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 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  
YESTERDAY 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 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
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 TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 87 1938  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 23 1895  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 9 2023.......SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 643 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 10 2023.......SUNRISE 721 AM CDT SUNSET 642 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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