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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
129 AM CDT THU OCT 02 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 1 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           
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                          
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         84    414 PM  92    1976  71     13       69       
  MINIMUM         65    655 AM  29    1985  49     16       52       
  AVERAGE         75                        60     15       61     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.59 2019   0.11  -0.11     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.11  -0.11     0.00     
  SINCE SEP 1      1.76                      3.29  -1.53     0.60     
  SINCE JAN 1     30.58                     30.39   0.19    29.93     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0      
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0      
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 

DEGREE DAYS                                                           
 HEATING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0                         6     -6        4        
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         6     -6        4        
  SINCE SEP 1     29                        92    -63       13        
  SINCE JUL 1     37                        97    -60       13        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY       10                         2      8        0        
  MONTH TO DATE   10                         2      8        0        
  SINCE SEP 1    189                       122     67      196        
  SINCE JAN 1   1217                      1057    160     1276        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                                 


WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                         
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                                  


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    78           500 AM                                      
 LOWEST     40           400 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    59                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        92      1953                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        27      1974                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER  2 2025.......SUNRISE   713 AM CDT   SUNSET   654 PM CDT     
OCTOBER  3 2025.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   652 PM CDT     


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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