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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
538 PM CDT WED APR 17 2024
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 2024
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2024
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 67 359 PM 86 1975 63 4 61
MINIMUM 53 928 AM 19 1907 41 12 35
AVERAGE 60 52 8 48
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.01 3.14 2013 0.14 -0.13 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.00 1.98 -0.98 1.19
SINCE MAR 1 3.38 4.15 -0.77 2.52
SINCE JAN 1 5.71 6.57 -0.86 6.17
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 8.2 1983 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.5 0.8 -0.3 0.1
SINCE MAR 1 0.8 5.2 -4.4 10.4
SINCE JUL 1 35.0 35.9 -0.9 33.1
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 5 14 -9 17
MONTH TO DATE 181 277 -96 198
SINCE MAR 1 797 1073 -276 1040
SINCE JUL 1 4663 5866 -1203 5629
COOLING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 16 0 16 16
SINCE MAR 1 16 2 14 16
SINCE JAN 1 16 2 14 16
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 21.1
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 90 300 AM
LOWEST 42 400 PM
AVERAGE 66
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 90 1985
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 20 1983
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 17 2024.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT
APRIL 18 2024.........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 759 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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