210  
CDUS43 KDMX 030634  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
134 AM CDT FRI OCT 03 2025  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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 86 MM 92 1953 71 15 77  
MINIMUM 60 MM 27 1974 49 11 48  
AVERAGE 73 60 13 63  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.37 2007 0.10 -0.10 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.21 -0.21 0.00  
SINCE SEP 1 1.76 3.39 -1.63 0.60  
SINCE JAN 1 30.58 30.49 0.09 29.93  
 
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 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  
YESTERDAY 0 7 -7 2  
MONTH TO DATE 0 13 -13 6  
SINCE SEP 1 29 99 -70 15  
SINCE JUL 1 37 104 -67 15  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 8 1 7 0  
MONTH TO DATE 18 3 15 0  
SINCE SEP 1 197 123 74 196  
SINCE JAN 1 1225 1058 167 1276    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 83 600 AM  
LOWEST 37 300 PM  
AVERAGE 60  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 92 1997  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 29 1888  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 3 2025.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 652 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 4 2025.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 651 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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