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Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CDUS43 KDMX 162229
CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
529 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2024
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 2024...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2024
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 79 343 PM 90 1898 62 17 41
MINIMUM 60 606 AM 21 1905 41 19 33
AVERAGE 70 52 18 37
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.46 1.32 1900 0.14 0.32 0.06
MONTH TO DATE 0.99 1.84 -0.85 1.19
SINCE MAR 1 3.37 4.01 -0.64 2.52
SINCE JAN 1 5.70 6.43 -0.73 6.17
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 8.8 1921 0.1 -0.1 T
MONTH TO DATE 0.5 0.8 -0.3 0.1
SINCE MAR 1 0.8 5.2 -4.4 10.4
SINCE JUL 1 35.0 35.9 -0.9 33.1
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 14 -14 28
MONTH TO DATE 176 263 -87 181
SINCE MAR 1 792 1059 -267 1023
SINCE JUL 1 4658 5852 -1194 5612
COOLING
TODAY 5 0 5 0
MONTH TO DATE 17 0 17 16
SINCE MAR 1 17 2 15 16
SINCE JAN 1 17 2 15 16
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 42 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 1100 AM
LOWEST 29 400 PM
AVERAGE 61
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 86 1975
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 19 1907
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 16 2024.........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT
APRIL 17 2024.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 758 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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