469  
CDUS43 KDMX 162229  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
529 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2025  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 16 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 84 255 PM 102 1936 86 -2 81  
MINIMUM 70 716 AM 53 1906 67 3 69  
AVERAGE 77 76 1 75  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.03 2.31 1922 0.11 -0.08 T  
MONTH TO DATE 3.85 2.04 1.81 3.43  
SINCE JUN 1 8.26 7.30 0.96 7.56  
SINCE JAN 1 20.09 21.15 -1.06 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 12 11 1 10  
MONTH TO DATE 190 173 17 167  
SINCE JUN 1 493 403 90 498  
SINCE JAN 1 547 486 61 595    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.3  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
RAIN  
HAZE  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 90 700 AM  
LOWEST 61 300 PM  
AVERAGE 76  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 104 1936  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 49 1911  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 16 2025..........SUNRISE 555 AM CDT SUNSET 846 PM CDT  
JULY 17 2025..........SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET 845 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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