034 CDUS43 KDMX 090630 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 130 AM CDT SAT AUG 09 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 8 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 ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 91 401 PM 109 1934 85 6 78 MINIMUM 74 543 AM 50 1904 66 8 62 AVERAGE 83 75 8 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.42 2010 0.14 -0.14 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.51 1.07 0.44 0.01 SINCE JUN 1 16.54 10.15 6.39 13.13 SINCE JAN 1 28.37 24.00 4.37 26.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 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 YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 4 16 -12 1 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 18 10 8 5 MONTH TO DATE 67 84 -17 103 SINCE JUN 1 753 656 97 770 SINCE JAN 1 807 739 68 867 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 34 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.4 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 1200 AM LOWEST 61 400 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 106 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 46 1888 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 9 2025........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT AUGUST 10 2025........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 820 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$