Records for Des Moines Area, Iowa (DSMthr) on 08-17
Record Highs
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1: 104°F (1988)
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2: 103°F (1983)
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3: 103°F (1881)
Record Lows
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1: 47°F (1897)
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2: 48°F (1879)
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3: 52°F (2012)
Lowest Highs
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1: 80°F (1983)
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2: 76°F (1914)
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3: 75°F (1995)
Highest Lows
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1: 69°F (1963)
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2: 69°F (1896)
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3: 71°F (1996)
Highest August temperature:
110°F on 08-04-1918.
Lowest August temperature:
40°F on 08-20-1950.
Average temperature is 74°F
Average high is 83.6°F
Average low is 64.3°F
Temperature data from 1878 to 2022.
Record Precipitation
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1: 2.02" (1902)
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2: 1.74" (1941)
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3: 1.57" (1884)
Precipitation data from 1878 to 2022.