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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
535 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2026
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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 89 311 PM 102 1936 83 6 82
MINIMUM 69 624 AM 47 1950 64 5 67
AVERAGE 79 73 6 75
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY T 2.92 1946 0.13 -0.13 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 5.48 2.84 2.64 1.79
SINCE JUN 1 18.46 11.92 6.54 16.82
SINCE JAN 1 31.73 25.77 5.96 28.65
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 14 8 6 10
MONTH TO DATE 228 206 22 241
SINCE JUN 1 880 778 102 927
SINCE JAN 1 1020 861 159 981
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 90 500 AM
LOWEST 63 100 PM
AVERAGE 77
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 98 1947
1948
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 48 1890
1923
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 21 2026........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT
AUGUST 22 2026........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 803 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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