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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
532 PM CDT TUE OCT 06 2026
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 2026
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 81 359 PM 94 1963 69 12 67
MINIMUM 53 647 AM 24 1952 47 6 54
AVERAGE 67 58 9 61
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.47 2017 0.09 -0.09 0.92
MONTH TO DATE 0.15 0.59 -0.44 0.98
SINCE SEP 1 14.65 3.77 10.88 2.74
SINCE JAN 1 46.73 30.87 15.86 31.56
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 8 -8 4
MONTH TO DATE 23 44 -21 4
SINCE SEP 1 55 130 -75 33
SINCE JUL 1 55 135 -80 41
COOLING
TODAY 2 1 1 0
MONTH TO DATE 2 7 -5 50
SINCE SEP 1 209 127 82 229
SINCE JAN 1 1327 1062 265 1257
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 74 500 AM
LOWEST 39 1200 PM
AVERAGE 57
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 91 1939
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 26 1952
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 6 2026.......SUNRISE 717 AM CDT SUNSET 648 PM CDT
OCTOBER 7 2026.......SUNRISE 718 AM CDT SUNSET 646 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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