Climatological Report (Daily)
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1234 AM CST WED FEB 28 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 2024...

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)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         64   1050 AM  71    2016  41     23       50
  MINIMUM         17   1159 PM -11    1962  23     -6       34
  AVERAGE         41                        32      9       42

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             1.76 1948   0.05  -0.05     1.08
  MONTH TO DATE    0.42                      1.28  -0.86     2.01
  SINCE DEC 1      3.87                      3.94  -0.07     5.64
  SINCE JAN 1      2.33                      2.36  -0.03     3.65

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             3.1  1886   0.3   -0.3      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    4.2                       9.9   -5.7      5.7
  SINCE DEC 1     31.6                      27.2    4.4     19.2
  SINCE JUL 1     34.2                      30.4    3.8     22.7
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       24                        33     -9       23
  MONTH TO DATE  649                      1035   -386      918
  SINCE DEC 1   2815                      3513   -698     3361
  SINCE JUL 1   3797                      4760   -963     4559

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        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    39   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    55   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.3


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    76           900 PM
 LOWEST     28          1100 AM
 AVERAGE    52

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        69      1932
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23       -16      1962


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 28 2024......SUNRISE   651 AM CST   SUNSET   604 PM CST
FEBRUARY 29 2024......SUNRISE   650 AM CST   SUNSET   605 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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