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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
533 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 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 87 351 PM 100 1947 83 4 77
1983
MINIMUM 70 428 AM 40 1950 64 6 59
AVERAGE 79 74 5 68
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 2.77 2019 0.14 -0.14 0.09
MONTH TO DATE 1.79 2.71 -0.92 1.75
SINCE JUN 1 16.82 11.79 5.03 14.87
SINCE JAN 1 28.65 25.64 3.01 28.18
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 9 5 3
MONTH TO DATE 231 198 33 181
SINCE JUN 1 917 770 147 848
SINCE JAN 1 971 853 118 945
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 94 300 AM
LOWEST 36 200 PM
AVERAGE 65
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 102 1936
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 47 1950
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 20 2025........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT
AUGUST 21 2025........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 805 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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