959  
CDUS43 KDMX 202229  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
529 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2026  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 20 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 98 359 PM 108 1934 86 12 87  
MINIMUM 73 611 AM 53 1880 67 6 70  
AVERAGE 86 76 10 79  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 2.77 2025 0.11 -0.11 2.77  
MONTH TO DATE 5.38 2.51 2.87 7.88  
SINCE JUN 1 9.89 7.77 2.12 12.29  
SINCE JAN 1 23.16 21.62 1.54 24.12  
 
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 21 11 10 14  
MONTH TO DATE 290 217 73 226  
SINCE JUN 1 520 447 73 529  
SINCE JAN 1 660 530 130 583    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 87 600 AM  
LOWEST 49 200 PM  
AVERAGE 68  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 107 1934  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 51 1947  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 20 2026..........SUNRISE 558 AM CDT SUNSET 843 PM CDT  
JULY 21 2026..........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 843 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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