592  
CDUS43 KDMX 180634  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
134 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2024  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 2024
 
 
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)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 82 134 PM 104 1936 86 -4 78  
MINIMUM 62 1159 PM 49 1911 67 -5 64  
AVERAGE 72 76 -4 71  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 2.84 1996 0.12 -0.12 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 3.43 2.16 1.27 2.26  
SINCE JUN 1 7.56 7.42 0.14 5.46  
SINCE JAN 1 20.87 21.27 -0.40 16.34  
 
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 JUN 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 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 2  
SINCE JUN 1 1 15 -14 5  
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 2  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 7 11 -4 6  
MONTH TO DATE 174 184 -10 158  
SINCE JUN 1 505 414 91 426  
SINCE JAN 1 602 497 105 546    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 87 400 AM  
LOWEST 43 700 PM  
AVERAGE 65  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 104 1930  
1934  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 55 1882  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 18 2024..........SUNRISE 557 AM CDT SUNSET 845 PM CDT  
JULY 19 2024..........SUNRISE 558 AM CDT SUNSET 844 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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