CDUS43 KDMX 220631 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 131 AM CDT SAT AUG 22 2026 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 2026... 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) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 89 311 PM 102 1936 83 6 82 MINIMUM 69 624 AM 47 1950 64 5 67 AVERAGE 79 73 6 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.92 1946 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.48 2.84 2.64 1.79 SINCE JUN 1 18.46 11.92 6.54 16.82 SINCE JAN 1 31.73 25.77 5.96 28.65 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 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 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 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 YESTERDAY 14 8 6 10 MONTH TO DATE 228 206 22 241 SINCE JUN 1 880 778 102 927 SINCE JAN 1 1020 861 159 981 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 500 AM LOWEST 50 500 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 98 1947 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 48 1890 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 22 2026........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT AUGUST 23 2026........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$