349  
CDUS43 KDMX 210628  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
128 AM CDT SAT OCT 21 2023  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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 75 338 PM 88 2003 61 14 68  
MINIMUM 44 656 AM 20 1960 41 3 36  
AVERAGE 60 51 9 52  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 0.75 1971 0.09 -0.09 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.53 1.88 -1.35 0.10  
SINCE SEP 1 2.96 5.06 -2.10 3.62  
SINCE JAN 1 21.76 32.16 -10.40 24.74  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 1.1 1916 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 5 14 -9 13  
MONTH TO DATE 159 202 -43 247  
SINCE SEP 1 162 288 -126 312  
SINCE JUL 1 164 293 -129 312  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 35 13 22 2  
SINCE SEP 1 212 133 79 158  
SINCE JAN 1 1281 1068 213 1318    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 93 500 AM  
LOWEST 29 400 PM  
AVERAGE 61  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 86 1899  
1947  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 21 1930  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 21 2023.......SUNRISE 733 AM CDT SUNSET 625 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 22 2023.......SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 623 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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