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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
154 AM CDT TUE OCT 07 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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         67   1220 AM  94    1963  69     -2       71       
  MINIMUM         54    946 AM  24    1952  47      7       51       
  AVERAGE         61                        58      3       61     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.92          1.47 2017   0.09   0.83     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.98                      0.59   0.39     0.20     
  SINCE SEP 1      2.74                      3.77  -1.03     0.80     
  SINCE JAN 1     31.56                     30.87   0.69    30.13     

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        4                         8     -4        4        
  MONTH TO DATE    4                        44    -40       10        
  SINCE SEP 1     33                       130    -97       19        
  SINCE JUL 1     41                       135    -94       19        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0        
  MONTH TO DATE   50                         7     43       14        
  SINCE SEP 1    229                       127    102      210        
  SINCE JAN 1   1257                      1062    195     1290        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                                 


WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                         
  THUNDERSTORM                                                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                          
  RAIN                                                                
  LIGHT RAIN                                                          
  FOG                                                                 


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    97          1200 AM                                      
 LOWEST     84          1200 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    91                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        91      1939                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        26      1952                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER  7 2025.......SUNRISE   718 AM CDT   SUNSET   646 PM CDT     
OCTOBER  8 2025.......SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   644 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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