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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
130 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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         54    409 PM  86    1899  61     -7       81       
                                      1947                           
  MINIMUM         42   1137 PM  21    1930  41      1       52       
  AVERAGE         48                        51     -3       67     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.28 1908   0.09  -0.09      T       
  MONTH TO DATE    1.54                      1.97  -0.43     0.20     
  SINCE SEP 1      3.30                      5.15  -1.85     0.80     
  SINCE JAN 1     32.12                     32.25  -0.13    30.13     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.5  1888   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       17                        14      3        0        
  MONTH TO DATE   81                       216   -135      109        
  SINCE SEP 1    110                       302   -192      118        
  SINCE JUL 1    118                       307   -189      118        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        2        
  MONTH TO DATE   65                        13     52       29        
  SINCE SEP 1    244                       133    111      225        
  SINCE JAN 1   1272                      1068    204     1305        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    35   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    48   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    18.8                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                                 


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    70          1000 PM                                      
 LOWEST     46           500 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    58                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        87      1899                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        21      1976                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER 22 2025.......SUNRISE   735 AM CDT   SUNSET   622 PM CDT     
OCTOBER 23 2025.......SUNRISE   736 AM CDT   SUNSET   621 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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