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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
130 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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         78    327 PM  91    1899  66     12       78       
  MINIMUM         55    658 AM  24    1909  45     10       53       
  AVERAGE         67                        55     12       66     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        T             1.96 1997   0.10  -0.10     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.30                      1.17   0.13     0.20     
  SINCE SEP 1      3.06                      4.35  -1.29     0.80     
  SINCE JAN 1     31.88                     31.45   0.43    30.13     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.2  2018   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                        11    -11        0        
  MONTH TO DATE   29                       102    -73       21        
  SINCE SEP 1     58                       188   -130       30        
  SINCE JUL 1     66                       193   -127       30        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        2                         1      1        1        
  MONTH TO DATE   52                        13     39       25        
  SINCE SEP 1    231                       133     98      221        
  SINCE JAN 1   1259                      1068    191     1301        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.2                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                                 


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           100 AM                                      
 LOWEST     54           300 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    74                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        88      1975                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        20      1909                      
                                             1917                     


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER 13 2025.......SUNRISE   725 AM CDT   SUNSET   636 PM CDT     
OCTOBER 14 2025.......SUNRISE   726 AM CDT   SUNSET   634 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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