875  
CDUS43 KDMX 300637  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
137 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2025  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29 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 84 405 PM 99 1983 82 2 94  
1984  
MINIMUM 59 604 AM 43 1946 62 -3 71  
AVERAGE 72 72 0 83  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 3.16 1993 0.13 -0.13 0.89  
MONTH TO DATE 1.87 3.90 -2.03 2.77  
SINCE JUN 1 16.90 12.98 3.92 15.89  
SINCE JAN 1 28.73 26.83 1.90 29.20  
 
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 8 0 8 0  
SINCE JUN 1 12 16 -4 1  
SINCE JUL 1 8 1 7 0  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 7 7 0 18  
MONTH TO DATE 273 267 6 300  
SINCE JUN 1 959 839 120 967  
SINCE JAN 1 1013 922 91 1064    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.9  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 90 400 AM  
LOWEST 45 1100 AM  
AVERAGE 68  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 104 2013  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 42 1893  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 30 2025........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT  
AUGUST 31 2025........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 749 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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