096  
CDUS43 KDMX 210635  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
135 AM CDT MON JUL 21 2025  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 20 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 87 224 PM 108 1934 86 1 74  
MINIMUM 70 513 AM 53 1880 67 3 64  
AVERAGE 79 76 3 69  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 2.77R 2.41 1907 0.11 2.66 0.14  
MONTH TO DATE 7.88 2.51 5.37 3.57  
SINCE JUN 1 12.29 7.77 4.52 7.70  
SINCE JAN 1 24.12 21.62 2.50 21.01  
 
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 0  
 
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 14 11 3 4  
MONTH TO DATE 226 217 9 189  
SINCE JUN 1 529 447 82 520  
SINCE JAN 1 583 530 53 617    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 46 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
HEAVY RAIN  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
HAZE  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 100 200 AM  
LOWEST 70 100 PM  
AVERAGE 85  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 107 1934  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 51 1947  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 21 2025..........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 842 PM CDT  
JULY 22 2025..........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 842 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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