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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
530 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 17 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 81 1220 PM 95 1925 77 4 89
MINIMUM 65 447 AM 37 1901 55 10 67
AVERAGE 73 66 7 78
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.33 1.52 1919 0.11 0.22 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.83 1.88 -1.05 T
SINCE SEP 1 0.83 1.88 -1.05 T
SINCE JAN 1 29.65 28.98 0.67 29.33
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 SEP 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 3 -3 0
MONTH TO DATE 29 29 0 4
SINCE SEP 1 29 29 0 4
SINCE JUL 1 37 34 3 4
COOLING
TODAY 8 4 4 13
MONTH TO DATE 107 87 20 109
SINCE SEP 1 107 87 20 109
SINCE JAN 1 1135 1022 113 1189
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 200 AM
LOWEST 58 1200 PM
AVERAGE 76
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 94 1895
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 36 1901
1916
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
SEPTEMBER 17 2025.....SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 720 PM CDT
SEPTEMBER 18 2025.....SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 718 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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