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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
532 PM CDT THU OCT 09 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 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 73 359 PM 87 1938 67 6 81
MINIMUM 48 626 AM 23 1895 46 2 52
AVERAGE 61 56 5 67
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.38 1985 0.10 -0.10 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.05 0.89 0.16 0.20
SINCE SEP 1 2.81 4.07 -1.26 0.80
SINCE JAN 1 31.63 31.17 0.46 30.13
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 T 1987 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 4 9 -5 0
MONTH TO DATE 21 71 -50 21
SINCE SEP 1 50 157 -107 30
SINCE JUL 1 58 162 -104 30
COOLING
TODAY 0 1 -1 2
MONTH TO DATE 50 10 40 16
SINCE SEP 1 229 130 99 212
SINCE JAN 1 1257 1065 192 1292
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 61 800 AM
LOWEST 34 200 PM
AVERAGE 48
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 88 1928
1962
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 26 1964
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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