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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
541 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2026
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 31 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 78 1252 PM 105 1955 85 -7 77
MINIMUM 70 359 PM 49 1971 66 4 64
AVERAGE 74 76 -2 71
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.31 3.55 2024 0.13 0.18 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 8.43 3.82 4.61 10.62
SINCE JUN 1 12.94 9.08 3.86 15.03
SINCE JAN 1 26.21 22.93 3.28 26.86
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 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
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 9 11 -2 6
MONTH TO DATE 425 342 83 383
SINCE JUN 1 655 572 83 686
SINCE JAN 1 795 655 140 740
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 42 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 96 500 AM
LOWEST 79 100 PM
AVERAGE 88
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 101 1987
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 51 1898
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 31 2026..........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 833 PM CDT
AUGUST 1 2026........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 832 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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