825  
CDUS43 KDMX 090644  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
144 AM CDT THU OCT 09 2025  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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 70 254 PM 88 1938 68 2 77  
MINIMUM 45 632 AM 24 2000 46 -1 49  
AVERAGE 58 57 1 63  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 2.30 1970 0.11 -0.11 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 1.05 0.79 0.26 0.20  
SINCE SEP 1 2.81 3.97 -1.16 0.80  
SINCE JAN 1 31.63 31.07 0.56 30.13  
 
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 7 9 -2 2  
MONTH TO DATE 17 62 -45 21  
SINCE SEP 1 46 148 -102 30  
SINCE JUL 1 54 153 -99 30  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 50 9 41 14  
SINCE SEP 1 229 129 100 210  
SINCE JAN 1 1257 1064 193 1290    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 93 100 AM  
LOWEST 35 300 PM  
AVERAGE 64  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 87 1938  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 23 1895  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 9 2025.......SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 642 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 10 2025.......SUNRISE 721 AM CDT SUNSET 641 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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