Climatological Report (Daily) Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
532 PM CST THU FEB 29 2024
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 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 58 303 PM 73 1972 41 17 44
MINIMUM 22 419 AM -5 1960 23 -1 25
AVERAGE 40 32 8 35
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 0.40 2000 0.06 -0.06 T
MONTH TO DATE 0.42 1.34 -0.92 2.01
SINCE DEC 1 3.87 4.00 -0.13 5.64
SINCE JAN 1 2.33 2.42 -0.09 3.65
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 1.9 1892 0.3 -0.3 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 4.2 10.2 -6.0 5.7
SINCE DEC 1 31.6 27.5 4.1 19.2
SINCE JUL 1 34.2 30.7 3.5 22.7
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 25 33 -8 30
MONTH TO DATE 718 1134 -416 948
SINCE DEC 1 2884 3612 -728 3391
SINCE JUL 1 3866 4859 -993 4589
COOLING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0
SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.1
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 54 500 AM
LOWEST 15 300 PM
AVERAGE 35
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 77 1992
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -22 1962
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 29 2024......SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST
MARCH 1 2024.........SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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