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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
132 AM CDT WED OCT 15 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14 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         60   1204 AM  88    1897  65     -5       55       
  MINIMUM         52    808 AM  23    1939  44      8       37       
  AVERAGE         56                        54      2       46     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.11          2.10 2007   0.09   0.02     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.41                      1.35   0.06     0.20     
  SINCE SEP 1      3.17                      4.53  -1.36     0.80     
  SINCE JAN 1     31.99                     31.63   0.36    30.13     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    2018   0.0    0.0      0.0      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0      
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0      
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 

DEGREE DAYS                                                           
 HEATING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        9                        11     -2       19        
  MONTH TO DATE   39                       124    -85       52        
  SINCE SEP 1     68                       210   -142       61        
  SINCE JUL 1     76                       215   -139       61        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0        
  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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)        
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)        
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.6                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                                 


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    86           800 AM                                      
 LOWEST     42          1200 AM                                      
 AVERAGE    64                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        89      1938                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        28      1893                      
                                             1952                     


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER 15 2025.......SUNRISE   727 AM CDT   SUNSET   633 PM CDT     
OCTOBER 16 2025.......SUNRISE   728 AM CDT   SUNSET   631 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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