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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
531 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 2026
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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 86 231 PM 104 1988 84 2 91
MINIMUM 73 627 AM 49 1929 65 8 71
AVERAGE 80 74 6 81
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.01 3.43 1906 0.14 -0.13 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 5.39 2.01 3.38 1.66
SINCE JUN 1 18.37 11.09 7.28 16.69
SINCE JAN 1 31.64 24.94 6.70 28.52
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 16 -13 4
SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0
COOLING
TODAY 15 9 6 16
MONTH TO DATE 166 153 13 147
SINCE JUN 1 818 725 93 833
SINCE JAN 1 958 808 150 887
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 1200 AM
LOWEST 77 200 PM
AVERAGE 89
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 108 1983
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 52 1879
1992
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 15 2026........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT
AUGUST 16 2026........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 812 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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