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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
532 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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 78 327 PM 91 1899 66 12 78
MINIMUM 55 658 AM 24 1909 45 10 53
AVERAGE 67 55 12 66
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY T 1.96 1997 0.10 -0.10 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.30 1.17 0.13 0.20
SINCE SEP 1 3.06 4.35 -1.29 0.80
SINCE JAN 1 31.88 31.45 0.43 30.13
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 0.2 2018 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 0 11 -11 0
MONTH TO DATE 29 102 -73 21
SINCE SEP 1 58 188 -130 30
SINCE JUL 1 66 193 -127 30
COOLING
TODAY 2 1 1 1
MONTH TO DATE 52 13 39 25
SINCE SEP 1 231 133 98 221
SINCE JAN 1 1259 1068 191 1301
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.4
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 100 AM
LOWEST 54 300 PM
AVERAGE 74
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 88 1975
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 20 1909
1917
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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