CDUS43 KDMX 230638 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 138 AM CDT SUN AUG 23 2026 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22 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 83 238 PM 98 1947 83 0 83 1948 MINIMUM 62 1057 PM 48 1890 63 -1 64 1923 AVERAGE 73 73 0 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.60 1922 0.14 -0.14 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 5.48 2.98 2.50 1.83 SINCE JUN 1 18.46 12.06 6.40 16.86 SINCE JAN 1 31.73 25.91 5.82 28.69 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 8 8 0 9 MONTH TO DATE 236 214 22 250 SINCE JUN 1 888 786 102 936 SINCE JAN 1 1028 869 159 990 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 600 AM LOWEST 44 500 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 100 2023 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 43 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. $$