590 CDUS43 KDMX 150632 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 132 AM CDT WED OCT 15 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14 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 60 1204 AM 88 1897 65 -5 55 MINIMUM 52 808 AM 23 1939 44 8 37 AVERAGE 56 54 2 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.11 2.10 2007 0.09 0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.41 1.35 0.06 0.20 SINCE SEP 1 3.17 4.53 -1.36 0.80 SINCE JAN 1 31.99 31.63 0.36 30.13 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2018 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 11 -2 19 MONTH TO DATE 39 124 -85 52 SINCE SEP 1 68 210 -142 61 SINCE JUL 1 76 215 -139 61 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 52 13 39 25 SINCE SEP 1 231 133 98 221 SINCE JAN 1 1259 1068 191 1301 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 800 AM LOWEST 42 1200 AM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 89 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 28 1893 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 15 2025.......SUNRISE 727 AM CDT SUNSET 633 PM CDT OCTOBER 16 2025.......SUNRISE 728 AM CDT SUNSET 631 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$