331  
CDUS43 KDMX 272226  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
526 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2025  
   
...............................  
 
   
..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 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    
...............................................................  
 
TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 81 357 PM 99 1955 82 -1 93  
2013  
MINIMUM 60 224 AM 45 1986 62 -2 74  
AVERAGE 71 72 -1 84  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 6.18 1975 0.13 -0.13 0.08  
MONTH TO DATE 1.87 3.64 -1.77 1.88  
SINCE JUN 1 16.90 12.72 4.18 15.00  
SINCE JAN 1 28.73 26.57 2.16 28.31  
 
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 8 0 8 0  
SINCE JUN 1 12 16 -4 1  
SINCE JUL 1 8 1 7 0  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 6 7 -1 19  
MONTH TO DATE 260 253 7 268  
SINCE JUN 1 946 825 121 935  
SINCE JAN 1 1000 908 92 1032    
...............................................................  
 
WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 69 800 AM  
LOWEST 39 400 PM  
AVERAGE 54  
   
......................................................  
 
THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 100 1984  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 41 1986  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 27 2025........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT  
AUGUST 28 2025........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT  
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 
 
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
The Nexlab IA Page
Main Text Page