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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
128 AM CDT THU OCT 23 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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    329 PM  87    1899  60      0       73       
  MINIMUM         36    654 AM  21    1976  40     -4       55       
  AVERAGE         48                        50     -2       64     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.23 2009   0.08  -0.08     0.06     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.54                      2.05  -0.51     0.26     
  SINCE SEP 1      3.30                      5.23  -1.93     0.86     
  SINCE JAN 1     32.12                     32.33  -0.21    30.19     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.5  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                        15      2        1        
  MONTH TO DATE   98                       231   -133      110        
  SINCE SEP 1    127                       317   -190      119        
  SINCE JUL 1    135                       322   -187      119        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0        
  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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.4                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                                 


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    79           700 AM                                      
 LOWEST     34           300 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    57                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        84      1899                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        21      1895                      
                                             1937                     


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER 23 2025.......SUNRISE   736 AM CDT   SUNSET   621 PM CDT     
OCTOBER 24 2025.......SUNRISE   737 AM CDT   SUNSET   620 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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