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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
133 AM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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 79 232 PM 87 2016 63 16 70
MINIMUM 61 1048 PM 23 1948 43 18 39
AVERAGE 70 53 17 55
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY T 1.87 1963 0.09 -0.09 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.49 1.62 -0.13 0.20
SINCE SEP 1 3.25 4.80 -1.55 0.80
SINCE JAN 1 32.07 31.90 0.17 30.13
SNOWFALL (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1990 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 13 -13 10
MONTH TO DATE 39 161 -122 100
SINCE SEP 1 68 247 -179 109
SINCE JUL 1 76 252 -176 109
COOLING
YESTERDAY 5 0 5 0
MONTH TO DATE 65 13 52 25
SINCE SEP 1 244 133 111 221
SINCE JAN 1 1272 1068 204 1301
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 96 900 PM
LOWEST 50 200 PM
AVERAGE 73
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 87 1950
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 21 2022
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 18 2025.......SUNRISE 730 AM CDT SUNSET 628 PM CDT
OCTOBER 19 2025.......SUNRISE 732 AM CDT SUNSET 627 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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