703 CDUS43 KDMX 210629 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 129 AM CDT TUE OCT 21 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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 67 1233 PM 88 2003 61 6 81 MINIMUM 47 232 AM 20 1960 41 6 53 AVERAGE 57 51 6 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.75 1971 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.54 1.88 -0.34 0.20 SINCE SEP 1 3.30 5.06 -1.76 0.80 SINCE JAN 1 32.12 32.16 -0.04 30.13 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.1 1916 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 8 14 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 64 202 -138 109 SINCE SEP 1 93 288 -195 118 SINCE JUL 1 101 293 -192 118 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 2 MONTH TO DATE 65 13 52 27 SINCE SEP 1 244 133 111 223 SINCE JAN 1 1272 1068 204 1303 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.6 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 66 700 PM LOWEST 38 100 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 86 1899 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 21 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 21 2025.......SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 624 PM CDT OCTOBER 22 2025.......SUNRISE 735 AM CDT SUNSET 622 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$