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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
135 AM CDT MON OCT 27 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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         65    231 PM  85    1927  58      7       61       
  MINIMUM         50    732 AM  16    1942  39     11       33       
  AVERAGE         58                        48     10       47     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.26 2023   0.08  -0.08     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.54                      2.39  -0.85     0.29     
  SINCE SEP 1      3.30                      5.57  -2.27     0.89     
  SINCE JAN 1     32.12                     32.67  -0.55    30.22     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.8  1997   0.0    0.0      0.0      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0      
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0      
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 

DEGREE DAYS                                                           
 HEATING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        7                        17    -10       18        
  MONTH TO DATE  154                       295   -141      161        
  SINCE SEP 1    183                       381   -198      170        
  SINCE JUL 1    191                       386   -195      170        

 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    SE (130)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.3                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                                 


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    66           600 AM                                      
 LOWEST     40           200 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    53                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        84      1927                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        14      1925                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER 27 2025.......SUNRISE   741 AM CDT   SUNSET   615 PM CDT     
OCTOBER 28 2025.......SUNRISE   742 AM CDT   SUNSET   614 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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