590 CDUS43 KDMX 172245 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 545 PM CDT MON JUL 17 2023 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 2023... VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2023 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 78 352 PM 104 1936 86 -8 87 MINIMUM 67 731 AM 49 1911 67 0 71 AVERAGE 73 76 -3 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.84 1996 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 2.26 2.16 0.10 2.16 SINCE JUN 1 5.46 7.42 -1.96 5.26 SINCE JAN 1 16.34 21.27 -4.93 16.99 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY MM MM MM 0.0 MM 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 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 0 SINCE JUN 1 5 15 -10 0 SINCE JUL 1 2 0 2 0 COOLING TODAY 8 11 -3 14 MONTH TO DATE 160 184 -24 214 SINCE JUN 1 428 414 14 504 SINCE JAN 1 548 497 51 634 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. THUNDERSTORM FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 200 AM LOWEST 45 100 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 104 1930 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 55 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 17 2023..........SUNRISE 555 AM CDT SUNSET 846 PM CDT JULY 18 2023..........SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET 845 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$