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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
541 PM CDT THU OCT 16 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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 81 241 PM 87 1950 63 18 61
MINIMUM 60 723 AM 26 1943 43 17 31
AVERAGE 71 53 18 46
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.05 1.86 1879 0.09 -0.04 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.49 1.53 -0.04 0.20
SINCE SEP 1 3.25 4.71 -1.46 0.80
SINCE JAN 1 32.07 31.81 0.26 30.13
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 T 1992 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
TODAY 0 12 -12 19
MONTH TO DATE 39 148 -109 90
SINCE SEP 1 68 234 -166 99
SINCE JUL 1 76 239 -163 99
COOLING
TODAY 6 0 6 0
MONTH TO DATE 60 13 47 25
SINCE SEP 1 239 133 106 221
SINCE JAN 1 1267 1068 199 1301
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 200 AM
LOWEST 49 200 PM
AVERAGE 71
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 87 2016
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 23 1948
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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