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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
534 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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 54 344 PM 86 1899 61 -7 81
1947
MINIMUM 47 718 AM 21 1930 41 6 52
AVERAGE 51 51 0 67
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.28 1908 0.09 -0.09 T
MONTH TO DATE 1.54 1.97 -0.43 0.20
SINCE SEP 1 3.30 5.15 -1.85 0.80
SINCE JAN 1 32.12 32.25 -0.13 30.13
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 1.5 1888 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 14 14 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 78 216 -138 109
SINCE SEP 1 107 302 -195 118
SINCE JUL 1 115 307 -192 118
COOLING
TODAY 0 0 0 2
MONTH TO DATE 65 13 52 29
SINCE SEP 1 244 133 111 225
SINCE JAN 1 1272 1068 204 1305
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 48 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.7
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 65 700 AM
LOWEST 48 300 PM
AVERAGE 57
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 87 1899
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 21 1976
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 21 2025.......SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 624 PM CDT
OCTOBER 22 2025.......SUNRISE 735 AM CDT SUNSET 622 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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