289 CDUS43 KDMX 230628 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 128 AM CDT THU OCT 23 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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 60 329 PM 87 1899 60 0 73 MINIMUM 36 654 AM 21 1976 40 -4 55 AVERAGE 48 50 -2 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.23 2009 0.08 -0.08 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 1.54 2.05 -0.51 0.26 SINCE SEP 1 3.30 5.23 -1.93 0.86 SINCE JAN 1 32.12 32.33 -0.21 30.19 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.5 1888 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 17 15 2 1 MONTH TO DATE 98 231 -133 110 SINCE SEP 1 127 317 -190 119 SINCE JUL 1 135 322 -187 119 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 65 13 52 29 SINCE SEP 1 244 133 111 225 SINCE JAN 1 1272 1068 204 1305 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 700 AM LOWEST 34 300 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 84 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 21 1895 1937 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 23 2025.......SUNRISE 736 AM CDT SUNSET 621 PM CDT OCTOBER 24 2025.......SUNRISE 737 AM CDT SUNSET 620 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$