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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
200 AM CDT SAT OCT 04 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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         87    413 PM  92    1997  70     17       83       
  MINIMUM         65    709 AM  29    1888  48     17       52       
  AVERAGE         76                        59     17       68     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.61 1942   0.10  -0.10      T       
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.31  -0.31      T       
  SINCE SEP 1      1.76                      3.49  -1.73     0.60     
  SINCE JAN 1     30.58                     30.59  -0.01    29.93     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1999   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                         7     -7        0        
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        20    -20        6        
  SINCE SEP 1     29                       106    -77       15        
  SINCE JUL 1     37                       111    -74       15        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY       11                         1     10        3        
  MONTH TO DATE   29                         4     25        3        
  SINCE SEP 1    208                       124     84      199        
  SINCE JAN 1   1236                      1059    177     1279        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.1                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                                 


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    81           600 AM                                      
 LOWEST     40           200 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    61                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        92      1938                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        29      1935                      
                                             1968                     
                                             1999                     


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER  4 2025.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   651 PM CDT     
OCTOBER  5 2025.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   649 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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