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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
135 AM CDT FRI AUG 30 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29 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         94    333 PM  99    1983  82     12       87
                                      1984
  MINIMUM         71   1159 PM  43    1946  62      9       63
  AVERAGE         83                        72     11       75

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.89          3.16 1993   0.13   0.76     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    2.77                      3.90  -1.13     2.40
  SINCE JUN 1     15.89                     12.98   2.91     7.92
  SINCE JAN 1     29.20                     26.83   2.37    18.80

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        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
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JUN 1      1                        16    -15        5
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         1     -1        2

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY       18                         7     11       10
  MONTH TO DATE  300                       267     33      331
  SINCE JUN 1    967                       839    128      936
  SINCE JAN 1   1064                       922    142     1056
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    35   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    44   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.1


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           800 PM
 LOWEST     46           200 PM
 AVERAGE    70

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82       104      2013
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        42      1893


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 30 2024........SUNRISE   639 AM CDT   SUNSET   750 PM CDT
AUGUST 31 2024........SUNRISE   640 AM CDT   SUNSET   748 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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