566  
CDUS43 KDMX 142226  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
526 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2024  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 14 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 80 359 PM 104 1988 84 -4 74  
MINIMUM 66 718 AM 51 1885 65 1 62  
1994  
AVERAGE 73 74 -1 68  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.28 3.51 1908 0.14 0.14 0.01  
MONTH TO DATE 0.82 1.87 -1.05 2.38  
SINCE JUN 1 13.94 10.95 2.99 7.90  
SINCE JAN 1 27.25 24.80 2.45 18.78  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 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  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0  
SINCE JUN 1 1 16 -15 5  
SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 2  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 8 10 -2 3  
MONTH TO DATE 124 144 -20 135  
SINCE JUN 1 791 716 75 740  
SINCE JAN 1 888 799 89 860    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.0  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 96 700 AM  
LOWEST 67 200 PM  
AVERAGE 82  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 104 1988  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 49 1929  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 14 2024........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT  
AUGUST 15 2024........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 813 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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