496  
CDUS43 KDMX 022227  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
527 PM CDT WED OCT 02 2024  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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 77 328 PM 92 1953 71 6 89  
MINIMUM 48 648 AM 27 1974 49 -1 63  
AVERAGE 63 60 3 76  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.37 2007 0.10 -0.10 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.21 -0.21 0.00  
SINCE SEP 1 0.60 3.39 -2.79 2.43  
SINCE JAN 1 29.93 30.49 -0.56 21.23  
 
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 SEP 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 2 7 -5 0  
MONTH TO DATE 6 13 -7 0  
SINCE SEP 1 15 99 -84 3  
SINCE JUL 1 15 104 -89 5  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 1 -1 11  
MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 24  
SINCE SEP 1 196 123 73 201  
SINCE JAN 1 1276 1058 218 1270    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 68 300 AM  
LOWEST 23 200 PM  
AVERAGE 46  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 92 1997  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 29 1888  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 2 2024.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 654 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 3 2024.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 652 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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