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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
153 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11 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         71    425 PM  86    1960  66      5       86       
                                      1962                           
                                      2024                           
  MINIMUM         44    450 AM  21    1987  45     -1       56       
  AVERAGE         58                        56      2       71     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.63 1890   0.09  -0.09     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.30                      1.07   0.23     0.20     
  SINCE SEP 1      3.06                      4.25  -1.19     0.80     
  SINCE JAN 1     31.88                     31.35   0.53    30.13     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    2006   0.0    0.0      0.0      
                                      2009                           
                                      2019                           
  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        7                        10     -3        0        
  MONTH TO DATE   29                        91    -62       21        
  SINCE SEP 1     58                       177   -119       30        
  SINCE JUL 1     66                       182   -116       30        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        6        
  MONTH TO DATE   50                        12     38       24        
  SINCE SEP 1    229                       132     97      220        
  SINCE JAN 1   1257                      1067    190     1300        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.1                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                                 


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    90          1100 PM                                      
 LOWEST     45           300 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    68                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        91      1899                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        24      1909                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER 12 2025.......SUNRISE   724 AM CDT   SUNSET   638 PM CDT     
OCTOBER 13 2025.......SUNRISE   725 AM CDT   SUNSET   636 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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