414  
CDUS43 KDMX 112228  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
528 PM CDT SAT OCT 11 2025  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11 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 71 359 PM 86 1960 66 5 86  
1962  
2024  
MINIMUM 44 450 AM 21 1987 45 -1 56  
AVERAGE 58 56 2 71  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.63 1890 0.09 -0.09 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 1.30 1.07 0.23 0.20  
SINCE SEP 1 3.06 4.25 -1.19 0.80  
SINCE JAN 1 31.88 31.35 0.53 30.13  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 T 2006 0.0 0.0 0.0  
2009  
2019  
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 7 10 -3 0  
MONTH TO DATE 29 91 -62 21  
SINCE SEP 1 58 177 -119 30  
SINCE JUL 1 66 182 -116 30  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 1 -1 6  
MONTH TO DATE 50 12 38 24  
SINCE SEP 1 229 132 97 220  
SINCE JAN 1 1257 1067 190 1300    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 86 200 AM  
LOWEST 45 300 PM  
AVERAGE 66  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 91 1899  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 24 1909  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 11 2025.......SUNRISE 723 AM CDT SUNSET 639 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 12 2025.......SUNRISE 724 AM CDT SUNSET 638 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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