835  
CDUS43 KDMX 180646  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
146 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2025  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 2025
 
 
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)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 74 519 PM 104 1936 86 -12 82  
MINIMUM 61 737 AM 49 1911 67 -6 62  
AVERAGE 68 76 -8 72  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 2.84 1996 0.12 -0.12 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 3.85 2.16 1.69 3.43  
SINCE JUN 1 8.26 7.42 0.84 7.56  
SINCE JAN 1 20.09 21.27 -1.18 20.87  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 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 MM  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 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  
YESTERDAY 3 11 -8 7  
MONTH TO DATE 192 184 8 174  
SINCE JUN 1 495 414 81 505  
SINCE JAN 1 549 497 52 602    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 84 100 AM  
LOWEST 55 400 PM  
AVERAGE 70  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 104 1930  
1934  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 55 1882  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 18 2025..........SUNRISE 557 AM CDT SUNSET 845 PM CDT  
JULY 19 2025..........SUNRISE 557 AM CDT SUNSET 844 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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