959  
CDUS43 KDMX 182329  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
529 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2025  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18 2025
 
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2025  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 4 125 PM 68 1981 37 -33 42  
MINIMUM -11 733 AM -13 1903 19 -30 24  
AVERAGE -3 28 -31 33  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 0.94 1961 0.05 -0.05 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.38 0.80 -0.42 0.42  
SINCE DEC 1 2.25 3.46 -1.21 3.87  
SINCE JAN 1 0.59 1.88 -1.29 2.33  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 8.5 1908 0.3 -0.3 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 6.5 7.0 -0.5 4.2  
SINCE DEC 1 11.2 24.3 -13.1 31.6  
SINCE JUL 1 11.2 27.5 -16.3 34.2  
SNOW DEPTH 3  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 68 37 31 32  
MONTH TO DATE 814 719 95 489  
SINCE DEC 1 3197 3197 0 2655  
SINCE JUL 1 4061 4444 -383 3637  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 70 700 AM  
LOWEST 51 200 PM  
AVERAGE 61  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 73 2017  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 19 -11 1936  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
FEBRUARY 18 2025......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 552 PM CST  
FEBRUARY 19 2025......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 554 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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