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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
129 AM CDT FRI OCT 24 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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    353 PM  84    1899  60      0       62       
  MINIMUM         34    703 AM  21    1895  40     -6       44       
                                      1937                           
  AVERAGE         47                        50     -3       53     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.19 1977   0.09  -0.09     0.01     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.54                      2.14  -0.60     0.27     
  SINCE SEP 1      3.30                      5.32  -2.02     0.87     
  SINCE JAN 1     32.12                     32.42  -0.30    30.20     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.8  1938   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       18                        15      3       12        
  MONTH TO DATE  116                       246   -130      122        
  SINCE SEP 1    145                       332   -187      131        
  SINCE JUL 1    153                       337   -184      131        

 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    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.7                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                                 


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    92           700 AM                                      
 LOWEST     36           400 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    64                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        82      1897                      
                                             1927                     
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        21      1887                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER 24 2025.......SUNRISE   737 AM CDT   SUNSET   620 PM CDT     
OCTOBER 25 2025.......SUNRISE   738 AM CDT   SUNSET   618 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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