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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
127 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2026

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...THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 19 2026...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2026


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         82   1235 PM 100    1916  83     -1       84
                                      1983
  MINIMUM         62   1140 PM  42    1963  61      1       66
  AVERAGE         72                        72      0       75

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          4.00 1912   0.14  -0.14     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    2.93                      2.59   0.34     3.06
  SINCE JUN 1     15.95                     12.65   3.30    19.59
  SINCE JAN 1     29.11                     25.52   3.59    30.63

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     14                        21     -7        6
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         3     -3        0

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        7                         7      0       10
  MONTH TO DATE  153                       151      2      166
  SINCE JUN 1    669                       660      9      727
  SINCE JAN 1    762                       732     30      773
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.3


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    96          1200 AM
 LOWEST     51          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    74

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THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83       101      1916
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        33      1950


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 20 2026........SUNRISE   622 AM CDT   SUNSET   803 PM CDT
AUGUST 21 2026........SUNRISE   623 AM CDT   SUNSET   802 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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