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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
529 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 2026
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 2026
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 92 359 PM 104 1936 86 6 74
MINIMUM 73 551 AM 49 1911 67 6 61
AVERAGE 83 76 7 68
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 2.84 1996 0.12 -0.12 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 5.38 2.16 3.22 3.85
SINCE JUN 1 9.89 7.42 2.47 8.26
SINCE JAN 1 23.16 21.27 1.89 20.09
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY MM MM MM 0.0 MM 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW DEPTH MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUN 1 3 15 -12 4
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0
COOLING
TODAY 18 11 7 3
MONTH TO DATE 240 184 56 192
SINCE JUN 1 470 414 56 495
SINCE JAN 1 610 497 113 549
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 91 600 AM
LOWEST 54 1200 PM
AVERAGE 73
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 104 1930
1934
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 55 1882
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 17 2026..........SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET 846 PM CDT
JULY 18 2026..........SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET 845 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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