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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
534 PM CDT FRI OCT 04 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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         75    314 PM  92    1938  70      5       75
  MINIMUM         56    729 AM  29    1935  48      8       56
                                      1968
                                      1999
  AVERAGE         66                        59      7       66

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.20          2.26 2013   0.09   0.11     0.04
  MONTH TO DATE    0.20                      0.40  -0.20     0.07
  SINCE SEP 1      0.80                      3.58  -2.78     2.50
  SINCE JAN 1     30.13                     30.68  -0.55    21.30

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE SEP 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
  TODAY            0                         8     -8        0
  MONTH TO DATE    6                        28    -22        0
  SINCE SEP 1     15                       114    -99        3
  SINCE JUL 1     15                       119   -104        5

 COOLING
  TODAY            1                         1      0        1
  MONTH TO DATE    4                         5     -1       35
  SINCE SEP 1    200                       125     75      212
  SINCE JAN 1   1280                      1060    220     1281
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.7


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  HAIL


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    75           600 AM
 LOWEST     49           100 PM
 AVERAGE    62

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        95      1963
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        30      1952
                                             1988


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  4 2024.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   650 PM CDT
OCTOBER  5 2024.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   649 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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