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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
130 AM CDT THU OCT 16 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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 76 311 PM 89 1938 64 12 56
MINIMUM 58 505 AM 28 1893 43 15 35
1952
AVERAGE 67 54 13 46
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.03 2.75 1880 0.09 -0.06 T
MONTH TO DATE 1.44 1.44 -0.00 0.20
SINCE SEP 1 3.20 4.62 -1.42 0.80
SINCE JAN 1 32.02 31.72 0.30 30.13
SNOWFALL (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.0 0.2 1937 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 0 12 -12 19
MONTH TO DATE 39 136 -97 71
SINCE SEP 1 68 222 -154 80
SINCE JUL 1 76 227 -151 80
COOLING
YESTERDAY 2 0 2 0
MONTH TO DATE 54 13 41 25
SINCE SEP 1 233 133 100 221
SINCE JAN 1 1261 1068 193 1301
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 90 400 AM
LOWEST 71 300 PM
AVERAGE 81
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 87 1950
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 26 1943
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 16 2025.......SUNRISE 728 AM CDT SUNSET 631 PM CDT
OCTOBER 17 2025.......SUNRISE 729 AM CDT SUNSET 630 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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