389  
CDUS43 KDMX 250628  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
128 AM CDT FRI OCT 25 2024  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24 2024  
 
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)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 70 246 PM 82 1897 59 11 74  
1927  
MINIMUM 40 618 AM 21 1887 40 0 62  
AVERAGE 55 49 6 68  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.02 2.91 2021 0.08 -0.06 0.02  
MONTH TO DATE 0.29 2.22 -1.93 0.57  
SINCE SEP 1 0.89 5.40 -4.51 3.00  
SINCE JAN 1 30.22 32.50 -2.28 21.80  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 1.4 1962 0.1 -0.1 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 10 16 -6 0  
MONTH TO DATE 132 262 -130 180  
SINCE SEP 1 141 348 -207 183  
SINCE JUL 1 141 353 -212 185  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 3  
MONTH TO DATE 29 13 16 39  
SINCE SEP 1 225 133 92 216  
SINCE JAN 1 1305 1068 237 1285    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 34 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
LIGHT RAIN  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 76 600 AM  
LOWEST 29 1200 PM  
AVERAGE 53  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 87 1927  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 14 1887  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 25 2024.......SUNRISE 739 AM CDT SUNSET 618 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 26 2024.......SUNRISE 740 AM CDT SUNSET 616 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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