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CDUS43 KDMX 302231
CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
531 PM CDT THU OCT 30 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 30 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 51 251 PM 85 1950 56 -5 76
MINIMUM 38 633 AM 8 1925 37 1 55
AVERAGE 45 47 -2 66
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.76 2024 0.07 -0.07 1.76
MONTH TO DATE 2.27 2.70 -0.43 2.05
SINCE SEP 1 4.03 5.88 -1.85 2.65
SINCE JAN 1 32.85 32.98 -0.13 31.98
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 1.8 1995 0.1 -0.1 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 20 18 2 0
MONTH TO DATE 217 366 -149 172
SINCE SEP 1 246 452 -206 181
SINCE JUL 1 254 457 -203 181
COOLING
TODAY 0 0 0 1
MONTH TO DATE 65 13 52 42
SINCE SEP 1 244 133 111 238
SINCE JAN 1 1272 1068 204 1318
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
FOG
FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 100 AM
LOWEST 63 400 PM
AVERAGE 82
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 86 1950
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 18 1949
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 30 2025.......SUNRISE 744 AM CDT SUNSET 611 PM CDT
OCTOBER 31 2025.......SUNRISE 746 AM CDT SUNSET 610 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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