720  
CDUS43 KDMX 222228  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
528 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2025  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 22 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 91 140 PM 109 1901 86 5 83  
MINIMUM 73 544 AM 51 1947 67 6 63  
AVERAGE 82 76 6 73  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY T 1.21 1966 0.11 -0.11 0.22  
MONTH TO DATE 7.88 2.73 5.15 3.79  
SINCE JUN 1 12.29 7.99 4.30 7.92  
SINCE JAN 1 24.12 21.84 2.28 21.23  
 
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 17 11 6 8  
MONTH TO DATE 257 239 18 206  
SINCE JUN 1 560 469 91 537  
SINCE JAN 1 614 552 62 634    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 96 400 AM  
LOWEST 65 400 PM  
AVERAGE 81  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 105 2012  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 52 1887  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 22 2025..........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 842 PM CDT  
JULY 23 2025..........SUNRISE 601 AM CDT SUNSET 841 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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