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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
528 PM CDT SAT OCT 11 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11 2025...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.

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)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         71    359 PM  86    1960  66      5       86
                                      1962
                                      2024
  MINIMUM         44    450 AM  21    1987  45     -1       56
  AVERAGE         58                        56      2       71

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          1.63 1890   0.09  -0.09     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.30                      1.07   0.23     0.20
  SINCE SEP 1      3.06                      4.25  -1.19     0.80
  SINCE JAN 1     31.88                     31.35   0.53    30.13

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           T    2006   0.0    0.0      0.0
                                      2009
                                      2019
  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
  TODAY            7                        10     -3        0
  MONTH TO DATE   29                        91    -62       21
  SINCE SEP 1     58                       177   -119       30
  SINCE JUL 1     66                       182   -116       30

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         1     -1        6
  MONTH TO DATE   50                        12     38       24
  SINCE SEP 1    229                       132     97      220
  SINCE JAN 1   1257                      1067    190     1300
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.8


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    86           200 AM
 LOWEST     45           300 PM
 AVERAGE    66

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        91      1899
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        24      1909


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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