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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
528 PM CDT TUE OCT 28 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 28 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 55 1211 AM 84 1927 57 -2 75
MINIMUM 46 724 AM 7 1925 38 8 55
AVERAGE 51 48 3 65
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.26 1.21 1982 0.08 0.18 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.80 2.55 -0.75 0.29
SINCE SEP 1 3.56 5.73 -2.17 0.89
SINCE JAN 1 32.38 32.83 -0.45 30.22
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 1.2 2019 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 14 18 -4 0
MONTH TO DATE 180 330 -150 172
SINCE SEP 1 209 416 -207 181
SINCE JUL 1 217 421 -204 181
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
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 400 PM
LOWEST 48 200 AM
AVERAGE 73
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 89 1937
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 11 1925
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 28 2025.......SUNRISE 742 AM CDT SUNSET 614 PM CDT
OCTOBER 29 2025.......SUNRISE 743 AM CDT SUNSET 613 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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