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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
130 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 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         77    230 PM  88    1928  67     10       83       
                                      1962                           
  MINIMUM         50   1127 PM  26    1964  45      5       51       
  AVERAGE         64                        56      8       67     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.19          1.89 1961   0.09   0.10     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.30                      0.98   0.32     0.20     
  SINCE SEP 1      3.06                      4.16  -1.10     0.80     
  SINCE JAN 1     31.88                     31.26   0.62    30.13     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.1  2009   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        1                        10     -9        0        
  MONTH TO DATE   22                        81    -59       21        
  SINCE SEP 1     51                       167   -116       30        
  SINCE JUL 1     59                       172   -113       30        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        2        
  MONTH TO DATE   50                        11     39       18        
  SINCE SEP 1    229                       131     98      214        
  SINCE JAN 1   1257                      1066    191     1294        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.3                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                                 


WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                         
  THUNDERSTORM                                                        
  RAIN                                                                
  HAZE                                                                


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    87           400 AM                                      
 LOWEST     39           500 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    63                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        86      1960                      
                                             1962                     
                                             2024                     
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        21      1987                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER 11 2025.......SUNRISE   723 AM CDT   SUNSET   639 PM CDT     
OCTOBER 12 2025.......SUNRISE   724 AM CDT   SUNSET   638 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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