CDUS43 KDMX 232227 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 527 PM CDT SUN AUG 23 2026 ................................... ...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 ................................................................... 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 ................................................................... 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 .......................................................... 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. $$