818  
CDUS43 KDMX 162226  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
526 PM CDT WED OCT 16 2024  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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 61 359 PM 87 1950 63 -2 65  
MINIMUM 31 509 AM 26 1943 43 -12 41  
AVERAGE 46 53 -7 53  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.86 1879 0.09 -0.09 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.20 1.53 -1.33 0.52  
SINCE SEP 1 0.80 4.71 -3.91 2.95  
SINCE JAN 1 30.13 31.81 -1.68 21.75  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 T 1992 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 19 12 7 12  
MONTH TO DATE 90 148 -58 130  
SINCE SEP 1 99 234 -135 133  
SINCE JUL 1 99 239 -140 135  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 25 13 12 35  
SINCE SEP 1 221 133 88 212  
SINCE JAN 1 1301 1068 233 1281    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 92 300 AM  
LOWEST 25 400 PM  
AVERAGE 59  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 87 2016  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 23 1948  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 16 2024.......SUNRISE 728 AM CDT SUNSET 631 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 17 2024.......SUNRISE 729 AM CDT SUNSET 629 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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