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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
130 AM CDT FRI OCT 17 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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         81    241 PM  87    1950  63     18       61       
  MINIMUM         60    723 AM  26    1943  43     17       31       
  AVERAGE         71                        53     18       46     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.05          1.86 1879   0.09  -0.04     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.49                      1.53  -0.04     0.20     
  SINCE SEP 1      3.25                      4.71  -1.46     0.80     
  SINCE JAN 1     32.07                     31.81   0.26    30.13     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1992   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                       148   -109       90        
  SINCE SEP 1     68                       234   -166       99        
  SINCE JUL 1     76                       239   -163       99        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        6                         0      6        0        
  MONTH TO DATE   60                        13     47       25        
  SINCE SEP 1    239                       133    106      221        
  SINCE JAN 1   1267                      1068    199     1301        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.7                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                                 


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           200 AM                                      
 LOWEST     49           200 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    71                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        87      2016                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        23      1948                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER 17 2025.......SUNRISE   729 AM CDT   SUNSET   630 PM CDT     
OCTOBER 18 2025.......SUNRISE   730 AM CDT   SUNSET   628 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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