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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
537 PM CDT THU SEP 18 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 18 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 75 310 PM 94 1895 76 -1 89
MINIMUM 64 642 AM 36 1901 55 9 67
1916
AVERAGE 70 66 4 78
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY T 2.55 2015 0.11 -0.11 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.04 1.99 -0.95 T
SINCE SEP 1 1.04 1.99 -0.95 T
SINCE JAN 1 29.86 29.09 0.77 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 32 -3 4
SINCE SEP 1 29 32 -3 4
SINCE JUL 1 37 37 0 4
COOLING
TODAY 5 4 1 13
MONTH TO DATE 112 91 21 122
SINCE SEP 1 112 91 21 122
SINCE JAN 1 1140 1026 114 1202
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
LIGHT RAIN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 200 AM
LOWEST 71 100 PM
AVERAGE 82
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 96 1948
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 33 1889
1991
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
SEPTEMBER 18 2025.....SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 718 PM CDT
SEPTEMBER 19 2025.....SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 716 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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