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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
131 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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 91 439 PM 104 1988 84 7 87
MINIMUM 71 616 AM 49 1929 65 6 71
AVERAGE 81 74 7 79
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.00 3.43 1906 0.14 -0.14 0.10
MONTH TO DATE 1.66 2.01 -0.35 1.66
SINCE JUN 1 16.69 11.09 5.60 14.78
SINCE JAN 1 28.52 24.94 3.58 28.09
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 16 9 7 14
MONTH TO DATE 147 153 -6 139
SINCE JUN 1 833 725 108 806
SINCE JAN 1 887 808 79 903
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 82 1100 PM
LOWEST 56 200 PM
AVERAGE 69
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 108 1983
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 52 1879
1992
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 16 2025........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT
AUGUST 17 2025........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 811 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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