973  
CDUS43 KDMX 122227  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
527 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2025  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 12 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 81 129 PM 105 1939 86 -5 87  
MINIMUM 65 336 AM 53 1941 67 -2 67  
AVERAGE 73 76 -3 77  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 2.28 1987 0.11 -0.11 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 3.82 1.57 2.25 3.43  
SINCE JUN 1 8.23 6.83 1.40 7.56  
SINCE JAN 1 20.06 20.68 -0.62 20.87  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0  
SINCE JUN 1 4 15 -11 1  
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 8 11 -3 12  
MONTH TO DATE 145 129 16 100  
SINCE JUN 1 448 359 89 431  
SINCE JAN 1 502 442 60 528    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
HAZE  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 96 100 AM  
LOWEST 52 400 PM  
AVERAGE 74  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 107 1936  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 51 1950  
1975  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 12 2025..........SUNRISE 552 AM CDT SUNSET 848 PM CDT  
JULY 13 2025..........SUNRISE 553 AM CDT SUNSET 848 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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