Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CDUS43 KDMX 232227
CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
527 PM CDT SUN AUG 23 2026
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23 2026...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 80 355 PM 100 2023 83 -3 77
MINIMUM 57 246 AM 43 1891 63 -6 61
AVERAGE 69 73 -4 69
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 2.19 1895 0.13 -0.13 0.04
MONTH TO DATE 5.48 3.11 2.37 1.87
SINCE JUN 1 18.46 12.19 6.27 16.90
SINCE JAN 1 31.73 26.04 5.69 28.73
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 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
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUN 1 3 16 -13 4
SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0
COOLING
TODAY 4 8 -4 4
MONTH TO DATE 240 222 18 254
SINCE JUN 1 892 794 98 940
SINCE JAN 1 1032 877 155 994
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.1
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 300 AM
LOWEST 47 300 PM
AVERAGE 70
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 104 1936
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 40 1891
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 23 2026........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT
AUGUST 24 2026........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 800 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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