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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
129 AM CDT TUE OCT 21 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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         67   1233 PM  88    2003  61      6       81       
  MINIMUM         47    232 AM  20    1960  41      6       53       
  AVERAGE         57                        51      6       67     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        T             0.75 1971   0.09  -0.09     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.54                      1.88  -0.34     0.20     
  SINCE SEP 1      3.30                      5.06  -1.76     0.80     
  SINCE JAN 1     32.12                     32.16  -0.04    30.13     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.1  1916   0.0    0.0      0.0      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0      
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0      
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 

DEGREE DAYS                                                           
 HEATING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        8                        14     -6        0        
  MONTH TO DATE   64                       202   -138      109        
  SINCE SEP 1     93                       288   -195      118        
  SINCE JUL 1    101                       293   -192      118        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        2        
  MONTH TO DATE   65                        13     52       27        
  SINCE SEP 1    244                       133    111      223        
  SINCE JAN 1   1272                      1068    204     1303        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.6                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                                 


WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                          


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    66           700 PM                                      
 LOWEST     38           100 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    52                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        86      1899                      
                                             1947                     
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        21      1930                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER 21 2025.......SUNRISE   734 AM CDT   SUNSET   624 PM CDT     
OCTOBER 22 2025.......SUNRISE   735 AM CDT   SUNSET   622 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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