830  
CDUS43 KDMX 172233  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
533 PM CDT THU OCT 17 2024  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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 70 254 PM 87 2016 63 7 69  
MINIMUM 39 701 AM 23 1948 43 -4 37  
AVERAGE 55 53 2 53  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.87 1963 0.09 -0.09 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.20 1.62 -1.42 0.52  
SINCE SEP 1 0.80 4.80 -4.00 2.95  
SINCE JAN 1 30.13 31.90 -1.77 21.75  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 T 1990 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 10 13 -3 12  
MONTH TO DATE 100 161 -61 142  
SINCE SEP 1 109 247 -138 145  
SINCE JUL 1 109 252 -143 147  
 
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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.4  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 64 700 AM  
LOWEST 17 300 PM  
AVERAGE 41  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 87 1950  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 21 2022  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 17 2024.......SUNRISE 729 AM CDT SUNSET 629 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 18 2024.......SUNRISE 731 AM CDT SUNSET 628 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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