Climatological Report (Daily)
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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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