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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
138 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 11 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 80 1044 AM 102 1881 84 -4 79
MINIMUM 68 620 AM 50 1902 65 3 59
1986
2004
AVERAGE 74 75 -1 69
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.04 1.42 1976 0.13 -0.09 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.65 1.47 0.18 0.01
SINCE JUN 1 16.68 10.55 6.13 13.13
SINCE JAN 1 28.51 24.40 4.11 26.44
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 16 -12 1
SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0
COOLING
YESTERDAY 9 10 -1 4
MONTH TO DATE 102 114 -12 109
SINCE JUN 1 788 686 102 776
SINCE JAN 1 842 769 73 873
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.6
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 1100 PM
LOWEST 72 1000 AM
AVERAGE 86
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 101 1936
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 48 1964
2004
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 12 2025........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT
AUGUST 13 2025........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 816 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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