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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
535 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 12 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 85 359 PM 101 1936 84 1 71
MINIMUM 69 546 AM 48 1964 65 4 63
2004
AVERAGE 77 75 2 67
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.01 3.06 1932 0.13 -0.12 0.53
MONTH TO DATE 1.66 1.60 0.06 0.54
SINCE JUN 1 16.69 10.68 6.01 13.66
SINCE JAN 1 28.52 24.53 3.99 26.97
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 12 10 2 2
MONTH TO DATE 114 124 -10 111
SINCE JUN 1 800 696 104 778
SINCE JAN 1 854 779 75 875
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 500 AM
LOWEST 51 300 PM
AVERAGE 76
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 99 1965
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 48 1964
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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