249 CDUS43 KDMX 180632 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 132 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 17 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 81 1220 PM 95 1925 77 4 89 MINIMUM 65 1159 PM 37 1901 55 10 67 AVERAGE 73 66 7 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.54 1.52 1919 0.11 0.43 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.04 1.88 -0.84 T SINCE SEP 1 1.04 1.88 -0.84 T SINCE JAN 1 29.86 28.98 0.88 29.33 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 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 YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 29 29 0 4 SINCE SEP 1 29 29 0 4 SINCE JUL 1 37 34 3 4 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 4 4 13 MONTH TO DATE 107 87 20 109 SINCE SEP 1 107 87 20 109 SINCE JAN 1 1135 1022 113 1189 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 PM LOWEST 58 1200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 94 1895 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 36 1901 1916 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 18 2025.....SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 718 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 19 2025.....SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 716 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$