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CLIALO
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
532 PM CDT TUE OCT 20 2026
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..THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 2026
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 70 252 PM 87 2003 61 9 70
MINIMUM 35 600 AM 17 1930 39 -4 38
1952
AVERAGE 53 50 3 54
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.21 1965 0.09 -0.09 0.01
MONTH TO DATE 4.44 1.90 2.54 0.76
SINCE SEP 1 12.50 5.04 7.46 1.65
SINCE JAN 1 42.28 32.14 10.14 32.31
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 1.2 1982 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 12 15 -3 11
MONTH TO DATE 144 228 -84 106
SINCE SEP 1 206 337 -131 159
SINCE JUL 1 207 350 -143 174
COOLING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 29 10 19 51
SINCE SEP 1 157 107 50 178
SINCE JAN 1 985 913 72 985
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 500 AM
LOWEST 36 100 PM
AVERAGE 68
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THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 86 1947
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 13 1930
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 20 2026.......SUNRISE 729 AM CDT SUNSET 619 PM CDT
OCTOBER 21 2026.......SUNRISE 730 AM CDT SUNSET 618 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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