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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
131 AM CDT WED OCT 29 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 28 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         55   1211 AM  84    1927  57     -2       75       
  MINIMUM         46    829 PM   7    1925  38      8       55       
  AVERAGE         51                        48      3       65     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.58          1.21 1982   0.08   0.50     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.12                      2.55  -0.43     0.29     
  SINCE SEP 1      3.88                      5.73  -1.85     0.89     
  SINCE JAN 1     32.70                     32.83  -0.13    30.22     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.2  2019   0.0    0.0      0.0      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.4   -0.4      0.0      
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.4   -0.4      0.0      
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.4   -0.4      0.0      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 

DEGREE DAYS                                                           
 HEATING                                                              
  YESTERDAY       14                        18     -4        0        
  MONTH TO DATE  180                       330   -150      172        
  SINCE SEP 1    209                       416   -207      181        
  SINCE JUL 1    217                       421   -204      181        

 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    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    19   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.5                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                                 


WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                          
  FOG                                                                 


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    97           400 PM                                      
 LOWEST     48           200 AM                                      
 AVERAGE    73                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        89      1937                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        11      1925                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER 29 2025.......SUNRISE   743 AM CDT   SUNSET   613 PM CDT     
OCTOBER 30 2025.......SUNRISE   744 AM CDT   SUNSET   611 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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