CDUS43 KDMX 082232 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 532 PM CDT WED JUL 08 2026 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 8 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 ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 90 359 PM 100 1936 86 4 84 MINIMUM 72 603 AM 52 1891 66 6 66 1908 AVERAGE 81 76 5 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.20 1880 0.13 -0.13 0.86 MONTH TO DATE 5.06 1.09 3.97 1.50 SINCE JUN 1 9.57 6.35 3.22 5.91 SINCE JAN 1 22.84 20.20 2.64 17.74 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 15 -12 4 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING TODAY 16 11 5 10 MONTH TO DATE 115 85 30 103 SINCE JUN 1 345 315 30 406 SINCE JAN 1 485 398 87 460 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 400 AM LOWEST 48 300 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 102 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 48 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 8 2026..........SUNRISE 549 AM CDT SUNSET 850 PM CDT JULY 9 2026..........SUNRISE 549 AM CDT SUNSET 850 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$