CDUS43 KDMX 222227 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 527 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 2026 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22 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 83 238 PM 98 1947 83 0 83 1948 MINIMUM 62 539 AM 48 1890 63 -1 64 1923 AVERAGE 73 73 0 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 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) 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 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 8.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 600 AM LOWEST 44 400 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 100 2023 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 43 1891 SUNRISE AND SUNSETAUGUST 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. $$