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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
132 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 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         73    414 PM  87    1938  67      6       81       
  MINIMUM         48    626 AM  23    1895  46      2       52       
  AVERAGE         61                        56      5       67     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.06          1.38 1985   0.10  -0.04     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.11                      0.89   0.22     0.20     
  SINCE SEP 1      2.87                      4.07  -1.20     0.80     
  SINCE JAN 1     31.69                     31.17   0.52    30.13     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1987   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                         9     -5        0        
  MONTH TO DATE   21                        71    -50       21        
  SINCE SEP 1     50                       157   -107       30        
  SINCE JUL 1     58                       162   -104       30        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        2        
  MONTH TO DATE   50                        10     40       16        
  SINCE SEP 1    229                       130     99      212        
  SINCE JAN 1   1257                      1065    192     1292        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.0                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                                 


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    61           800 AM                                      
 LOWEST     34           200 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    48                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        88      1928                      
                                             1962                     
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        26      1964                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER 10 2025.......SUNRISE   721 AM CDT   SUNSET   641 PM CDT     
OCTOBER 11 2025.......SUNRISE   723 AM CDT   SUNSET   639 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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