879  
CDUS43 KDMX 092228  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
528 PM CDT SAT AUG 09 2025  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 9 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 83 359 PM 106 1934 85 -2 75  
MINIMUM 74 1156 AM 46 1888 66 8 55  
AVERAGE 79 75 4 65  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.10 2.20 1889 0.13 -0.03 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 1.61 1.20 0.41 0.01  
SINCE JUN 1 16.64 10.28 6.36 13.13  
SINCE JAN 1 28.47 24.13 4.34 26.44  
 
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 16 -12 1  
SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 14 10 4 0  
MONTH TO DATE 81 94 -13 103  
SINCE JUN 1 767 666 101 770  
SINCE JAN 1 821 749 72 867    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 94 1200 PM  
LOWEST 70 300 PM  
AVERAGE 82  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 102 1911  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 50 1917  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 9 2025........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT  
AUGUST 10 2025........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 820 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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