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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
132 AM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 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 94 322 PM 108 1983 84 10 87
MINIMUM 75 608 AM 52 1879 65 10 67
1992
AVERAGE 85 74 11 77
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.00 2.04 1980 0.14 -0.14 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.66 2.15 -0.49 1.66
SINCE JUN 1 16.69 11.23 5.46 14.78
SINCE JAN 1 28.52 25.08 3.44 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 20 9 11 12
MONTH TO DATE 167 162 5 151
SINCE JUN 1 853 734 119 818
SINCE JAN 1 907 817 90 915
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.9
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 88 600 AM
LOWEST 51 300 PM
AVERAGE 70
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 104 1988
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 47 1897
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 17 2025........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT
AUGUST 18 2025........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 809 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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