005 CDUS43 KDMX 190630 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 130 AM CDT SUN OCT 19 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 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 73 157 PM 87 1950 62 11 73 MINIMUM 49 928 PM 21 2022 42 7 46 AVERAGE 61 52 9 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 2.01 1892 0.09 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.54 1.71 -0.17 0.20 SINCE SEP 1 3.30 4.89 -1.59 0.80 SINCE JAN 1 32.12 31.99 0.13 30.13 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1991 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 4 13 -9 5 MONTH TO DATE 43 174 -131 105 SINCE SEP 1 72 260 -188 114 SINCE JUL 1 80 265 -185 114 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 65 13 52 25 SINCE SEP 1 244 133 111 221 SINCE JAN 1 1272 1068 204 1301 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 41 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 100 AM LOWEST 41 300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 85 2003 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 14 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 19 2025.......SUNRISE 732 AM CDT SUNSET 627 PM CDT OCTOBER 20 2025.......SUNRISE 733 AM CDT SUNSET 625 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$