415  
CDUS43 KDMX 042234  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
534 PM CDT FRI OCT 04 2024  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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 75 314 PM 92 1938 70 5 75  
MINIMUM 56 729 AM 29 1935 48 8 56  
1968  
1999  
AVERAGE 66 59 7 66  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.20 2.26 2013 0.09 0.11 0.04  
MONTH TO DATE 0.20 0.40 -0.20 0.07  
SINCE SEP 1 0.80 3.58 -2.78 2.50  
SINCE JAN 1 30.13 30.68 -0.55 21.30  
 
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 0 8 -8 0  
MONTH TO DATE 6 28 -22 0  
SINCE SEP 1 15 114 -99 3  
SINCE JUL 1 15 119 -104 5  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 1 1 0 1  
MONTH TO DATE 4 5 -1 35  
SINCE SEP 1 200 125 75 212  
SINCE JAN 1 1280 1060 220 1281    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
HAIL  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 75 600 AM  
LOWEST 49 100 PM  
AVERAGE 62  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 95 1963  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 30 1952  
1988  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 4 2024.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 650 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 5 2024.......SUNRISE 716 AM CDT SUNSET 649 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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