IEM Daily Feature
Monday, 05 August 2024

About Average Heat Hours

Posted: 05 Aug 2024 05:30 AM

The summer time heat and humidity has been noticeable the past few days and looks to persist into Monday. The featured chart checks in on the number of accumulated hours at or above the given heat index for Des Moines for the season to date period. The 2024 total is plotted along with a simple long term average. There is not much difference to be seen between this two as this season has been about average so far. For those of you wishing for a break from the heat, one does appear to be on the way with very pleasant temperatures arriving on Tuesday and sticking around for a while.

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