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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
130 AM CDT THU OCT 16 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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         76    311 PM  89    1938  64     12       56       
  MINIMUM         58    505 AM  28    1893  43     15       35       
                                      1952                           
  AVERAGE         67                        54     13       46     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.03          2.75 1880   0.09  -0.06      T       
  MONTH TO DATE    1.44                      1.44  -0.00     0.20     
  SINCE SEP 1      3.20                      4.62  -1.42     0.80     
  SINCE JAN 1     32.02                     31.72   0.30    30.13     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.2  1937   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        0                        12    -12       19        
  MONTH TO DATE   39                       136    -97       71        
  SINCE SEP 1     68                       222   -154       80        
  SINCE JUL 1     76                       227   -151       80        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        2                         0      2        0        
  MONTH TO DATE   54                        13     41       25        
  SINCE SEP 1    233                       133    100      221        
  SINCE JAN 1   1261                      1068    193     1301        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.9                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                                 


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    90           400 AM                                      
 LOWEST     71           300 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    81                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        87      1950                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        26      1943                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER 16 2025.......SUNRISE   728 AM CDT   SUNSET   631 PM CDT     
OCTOBER 17 2025.......SUNRISE   729 AM CDT   SUNSET   630 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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