021  
CDUS43 KDMX 120635  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
135 AM CDT THU OCT 12 2023  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11 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 64 435 PM 86 1960 66 -2 75  
1962  
MINIMUM 47 233 AM 21 1987 45 2 58  
AVERAGE 56 56 0 67  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY T 1.63 1890 0.09 -0.09 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.11 1.07 -0.96 0.02  
SINCE SEP 1 2.54 4.25 -1.71 3.54  
SINCE JAN 1 21.34 31.35 -10.01 24.66  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2006 0.0 0.0 0.0  
2009  
2019  
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 9 10 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 75 91 -16 60  
SINCE SEP 1 78 177 -99 125  
SINCE JUL 1 80 182 -102 125  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 2  
MONTH TO DATE 35 12 23 2  
SINCE SEP 1 212 132 80 158  
SINCE JAN 1 1281 1067 214 1318    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
LIGHT RAIN  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 80 1100 PM  
LOWEST 54 1200 AM  
AVERAGE 67  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 91 1899  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 24 1909  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 12 2023.......SUNRISE 723 AM CDT SUNSET 638 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 13 2023.......SUNRISE 724 AM CDT SUNSET 637 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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