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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
153 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11 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 71 425 PM 86 1960 66 5 86
1962
2024
MINIMUM 44 450 AM 21 1987 45 -1 56
AVERAGE 58 56 2 71
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 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)
YESTERDAY 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
YESTERDAY 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
YESTERDAY 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 90 1100 PM
LOWEST 45 300 PM
AVERAGE 68
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 91 1899
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 24 1909
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 12 2025.......SUNRISE 724 AM CDT SUNSET 638 PM CDT
OCTOBER 13 2025.......SUNRISE 725 AM CDT SUNSET 636 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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