598  
CDUS43 KDMX 262228  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
528 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2025  
   
...............................  
 
   
..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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    
...............................................................  
 
TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 65 231 PM 85 1927 58 7 61  
MINIMUM 50 732 AM 16 1942 39 11 33  
AVERAGE 58 48 10 47  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.26 2023 0.08 -0.08 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 1.54 2.39 -0.85 0.29  
SINCE SEP 1 3.30 5.57 -2.27 0.89  
SINCE JAN 1 32.12 32.67 -0.55 30.22  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 6.8 1997 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 7 17 -10 18  
MONTH TO DATE 154 295 -141 161  
SINCE SEP 1 183 381 -198 170  
SINCE JUL 1 191 386 -195 170  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 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    
...............................................................  
 
WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 66 600 AM  
LOWEST 40 200 PM  
AVERAGE 53  
   
......................................................  
 
THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 84 1927  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 14 1925  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 26 2025.......SUNRISE 740 AM CDT SUNSET 617 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 27 2025.......SUNRISE 741 AM CDT SUNSET 615 PM CDT  
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 
 
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
The Nexlab IA Page
Main Text Page