387 CDUS43 KDMX 290631 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 131 AM CDT WED OCT 29 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 28 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 55 1211 AM 84 1927 57 -2 75 MINIMUM 46 829 PM 7 1925 38 8 55 AVERAGE 51 48 3 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.58 1.21 1982 0.08 0.50 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.12 2.55 -0.43 0.29 SINCE SEP 1 3.88 5.73 -1.85 0.89 SINCE JAN 1 32.70 32.83 -0.13 30.22 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.2 2019 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 14 18 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 180 330 -150 172 SINCE SEP 1 209 416 -207 181 SINCE JUL 1 217 421 -204 181 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 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 400 PM LOWEST 48 200 AM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 89 1937 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 11 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 29 2025.......SUNRISE 743 AM CDT SUNSET 613 PM CDT OCTOBER 30 2025.......SUNRISE 744 AM CDT SUNSET 611 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$