796 CDUS43 KDMX 200644 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 144 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19 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 ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 78 423 PM 96 1948 76 2 91 MINIMUM 61 1140 PM 33 1889 54 7 70 1991 AVERAGE 70 65 5 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.43 1.67 1983 0.11 0.32 T MONTH TO DATE 1.51 2.10 -0.59 T SINCE SEP 1 1.51 2.10 -0.59 T SINCE JAN 1 30.33 29.20 1.13 29.33 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 29 35 -6 4 SINCE SEP 1 29 35 -6 4 SINCE JUL 1 37 40 -3 4 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 3 2 16 MONTH TO DATE 117 94 23 138 SINCE SEP 1 117 94 23 138 SINCE JAN 1 1145 1029 116 1218 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 200 AM LOWEST 48 300 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 94 2022 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 33 1896 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 20 2025.....SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 715 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 21 2025.....SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 713 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$