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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
202 AM CDT TUE JUL 21 2026
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 20 2026
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)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 98 409 PM 108 1934 86 12 87
MINIMUM 72 950 PM 53 1880 67 5 70
AVERAGE 85 76 9 79
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 2.56 2.77 2025 0.11 2.45 2.77
MONTH TO DATE 7.94 2.51 5.43 7.88
SINCE JUN 1 12.45 7.77 4.68 12.29
SINCE JAN 1 25.72 21.62 4.10 24.12
SNOWFALL (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 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 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 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
YESTERDAY 20 11 9 14
MONTH TO DATE 289 217 72 226
SINCE JUN 1 519 447 72 529
SINCE JAN 1 659 530 129 583
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 39 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 49 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
HAZE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 800 PM
LOWEST 48 600 PM
AVERAGE 73
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 107 1934
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 51 1947
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 21 2026..........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 843 PM CDT
JULY 22 2026..........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 842 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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