289  
CDUS43 KDMX 230628  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
128 AM CDT THU OCT 23 2025  
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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 60 329 PM 87 1899 60 0 73  
MINIMUM 36 654 AM 21 1976 40 -4 55  
AVERAGE 48 50 -2 64  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 2.23 2009 0.08 -0.08 0.06  
MONTH TO DATE 1.54 2.05 -0.51 0.26  
SINCE SEP 1 3.30 5.23 -1.93 0.86  
SINCE JAN 1 32.12 32.33 -0.21 30.19  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 0.5 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  
YESTERDAY 17 15 2 1  
MONTH TO DATE 98 231 -133 110  
SINCE SEP 1 127 317 -190 119  
SINCE JUL 1 135 322 -187 119  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0  
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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 79 700 AM  
LOWEST 34 300 PM  
AVERAGE 57  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 84 1899  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 21 1895  
1937  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 23 2025.......SUNRISE 736 AM CDT SUNSET 621 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 24 2025.......SUNRISE 737 AM CDT SUNSET 620 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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