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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
132 AM CDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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 86 231 PM 104 1988 84 2 91
MINIMUM 72 1146 PM 49 1929 65 7 71
AVERAGE 79 74 5 81
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.10 3.43 1906 0.14 -0.04 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 5.48 2.01 3.47 1.66
SINCE JUN 1 18.46 11.09 7.37 16.69
SINCE JAN 1 31.73 24.94 6.79 28.52
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 16 -13 4
SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0
COOLING
YESTERDAY 14 9 5 16
MONTH TO DATE 165 153 12 147
SINCE JUN 1 817 725 92 833
SINCE JAN 1 957 808 149 887
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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 4.9
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 1200 AM
LOWEST 74 500 PM
AVERAGE 87
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 108 1983
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 52 1879
1992
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 16 2026........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT
AUGUST 17 2026........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 811 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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