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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
131 AM CDT FRI OCT 18 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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         70    254 PM  87    2016  63      7       69
  MINIMUM         39    701 AM  23    1948  43     -4       37
  AVERAGE         55                        53      2       53

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.87 1963   0.09  -0.09     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.20                      1.62  -1.42     0.52
  SINCE SEP 1      0.80                      4.80  -4.00     2.95
  SINCE JAN 1     30.13                     31.90  -1.77    21.75

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1990   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       10                        13     -3       12
  MONTH TO DATE  100                       161    -61      142
  SINCE SEP 1    109                       247   -138      145
  SINCE JUL 1    109                       252   -143      147

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE   25                        13     12       35
  SINCE SEP 1    221                       133     88      212
  SINCE JAN 1   1301                      1068    233     1281
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.7


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    64           700 AM
 LOWEST     17           300 PM
 AVERAGE    41

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        87      1950
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        21      2022


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 18 2024.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   628 PM CDT
OCTOBER 19 2024.......SUNRISE   732 AM CDT   SUNSET   626 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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