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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
144 AM CDT THU OCT 09 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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         70    254 PM  88    1938  68      2       77       
  MINIMUM         45    632 AM  24    2000  46     -1       49       
  AVERAGE         58                        57      1       63     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.30 1970   0.11  -0.11     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.05                      0.79   0.26     0.20     
  SINCE SEP 1      2.81                      3.97  -1.16     0.80     
  SINCE JAN 1     31.63                     31.07   0.56    30.13     

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        7                         9     -2        2        
  MONTH TO DATE   17                        62    -45       21        
  SINCE SEP 1     46                       148   -102       30        
  SINCE JUL 1     54                       153    -99       30        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0        
  MONTH TO DATE   50                         9     41       14        
  SINCE SEP 1    229                       129    100      210        
  SINCE JAN 1   1257                      1064    193     1290        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    19   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (90)        
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.3                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                                 


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           100 AM                                      
 LOWEST     35           300 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    64                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        87      1938                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        23      1895                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER  9 2025.......SUNRISE   720 AM CDT   SUNSET   642 PM CDT     
OCTOBER 10 2025.......SUNRISE   721 AM CDT   SUNSET   641 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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