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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
532 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 20 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 65 108 PM 94 1925 74 -9 84
MINIMUM 50 351 AM 35 1892 54 -4 63
AVERAGE 58 64 -6 74
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 1.09 2.01 1950 0.18 0.91 0.54
MONTH TO DATE 5.23 3.41 1.82 3.77
SINCE MAR 1 11.10 9.60 1.50 8.70
SINCE JAN 1 11.69 12.02 -0.33 11.03
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 T 1892 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 3.0 5.8 -2.8 0.8
SINCE JUL 1 14.3 36.5 -22.2 35.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 7 4 3 0
MONTH TO DATE 82 123 -41 48
SINCE MAR 1 1020 1340 -320 967
SINCE JUL 1 5423 6133 -710 4833
COOLING
TODAY 0 3 -3 9
MONTH TO DATE 34 31 3 51
SINCE MAR 1 49 43 6 69
SINCE JAN 1 49 43 6 69
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
HAZE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 1200 AM
LOWEST 76 100 PM
AVERAGE 88
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 94 1886
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 35 1883
1931
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 20 2025...........SUNRISE 551 AM CDT SUNSET 832 PM CDT
MAY 21 2025...........SUNRISE 550 AM CDT SUNSET 833 PM CDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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