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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
134 AM CDT FRI OCT 03 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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         86        MM  92    1953  71     15       77        
  MINIMUM         60        MM  27    1974  49     11       48        
  AVERAGE         73                        60     13       63     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.37 2007   0.10  -0.10     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.21  -0.21     0.00     
  SINCE SEP 1      1.76                      3.39  -1.63     0.60     
  SINCE JAN 1     30.58                     30.49   0.09    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                         7     -7        2        
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        13    -13        6        
  SINCE SEP 1     29                        99    -70       15        
  SINCE JUL 1     37                       104    -67       15        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        8                         1      7        0        
  MONTH TO DATE   18                         3     15        0        
  SINCE SEP 1    197                       123     74      196        
  SINCE JAN 1   1225                      1058    167     1276        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (230)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.0                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                                 


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    83           600 AM                                      
 LOWEST     37           300 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    60                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        92      1997                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        29      1888                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER  3 2025.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   652 PM CDT     
OCTOBER  4 2025.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   651 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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