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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1244 AM CST THU FEB 29 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2024


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST      
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL           
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                          
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         33    400 PM  69    1932  41     -8       44       
  MINIMUM          9    723 AM -16    1962  23    -14       25       
  AVERAGE         21                        32    -11       35     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        T             1.29 1987   0.06  -0.06      T       
  MONTH TO DATE    0.42                      1.34  -0.92     2.01     
  SINCE DEC 1      3.87                      4.00  -0.13     5.64     
  SINCE JAN 1      2.33                      2.42  -0.09     3.65     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0          14.2  1939   0.3   -0.3      0.0      
  MONTH TO DATE    4.2                      10.2   -6.0      5.7      
  SINCE DEC 1     31.6                      27.5    4.1     19.2      
  SINCE JUL 1     34.2                      30.7    3.5     22.7      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 

DEGREE DAYS                                                           
 HEATING                                                              
  YESTERDAY       44                        33     11       30        
  MONTH TO DATE  693                      1068   -375      948        
  SINCE DEC 1   2859                      3546   -687     3391        
  SINCE JUL 1   3841                      4793   -952     4589        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0        
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0        
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0        
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    37   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    47   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.4                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                                 


WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                         
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                                  


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    64          1200 AM                                      
 LOWEST     24           300 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    44                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        73      1972                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23        -5      1960                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
FEBRUARY 29 2024......SUNRISE   650 AM CST   SUNSET   605 PM CST     
MARCH  1 2024.........SUNRISE   648 AM CST   SUNSET   606 PM CST     


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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