IEM Daily Feature
Thursday, 04 August 2011

5 failures to reach 100

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 05:55 AM

Our recent stretch of very warm weather saw some locations in the state hit the century mark. The official weather sensor for Des Moines is a the airport and the best it was able to do was 99 degrees on five different days. The featured chart presents the one minute interval temperature data for these five days. Our most recent chance on 2 August was our best one with temperatures reaching near 100 degrees early in the afternoon, but a front moved through just as the temperature was about to hit 100! The 20 July event saw temperatures hover at 99 for around three hours without hitting 100. Having five days hit 99 without hitting 100 for the year is most on record for Des Moines.

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