967  
CDUS43 KDMX 212237  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
537 PM CDT MON OCT 21 2024  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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 81 257 PM 86 1899 61 20 70  
1947  
MINIMUM 52 657 AM 21 1930 41 11 45  
AVERAGE 67 51 16 58  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.28 1908 0.09 -0.09 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.20 1.97 -1.77 0.53  
SINCE SEP 1 0.80 5.15 -4.35 2.96  
SINCE JAN 1 30.13 32.25 -2.12 21.76  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 1.5 1888 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 0 14 -14 7  
MONTH TO DATE 109 216 -107 166  
SINCE SEP 1 118 302 -184 169  
SINCE JUL 1 118 307 -189 171  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 2 0 2 0  
MONTH TO DATE 29 13 16 35  
SINCE SEP 1 225 133 92 212  
SINCE JAN 1 1305 1068 237 1281    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 63 700 AM  
LOWEST 25 400 PM  
AVERAGE 44  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 87 1899  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 21 1976  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 21 2024.......SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 624 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 22 2024.......SUNRISE 735 AM CDT SUNSET 622 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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