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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
245 AM CDT WED OCT 08 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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         68    340 PM  91    1939  68      0       71
  MINIMUM         49   1035 PM  26    1952  47      2       41
  AVERAGE         59                        57      2       56

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.07          3.67 1884   0.09  -0.02     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.05                      0.68   0.37     0.20
  SINCE SEP 1      2.81                      3.86  -1.05     0.80
  SINCE JAN 1     31.63                     30.96   0.67    30.13

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1935   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        6                         9     -3        9
  MONTH TO DATE   10                        53    -43       19
  SINCE SEP 1     39                       139   -100       28
  SINCE JUL 1     47                       144    -97       28

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE   50                         8     42       14
  SINCE SEP 1    229                       128    101      210
  SINCE JAN 1   1257                      1063    194     1290
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.8


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93          1200 AM
 LOWEST     37           300 PM
 AVERAGE    65

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        88      1938
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        24      2000


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  8 2025.......SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   644 PM CDT
OCTOBER  9 2025.......SUNRISE   720 AM CDT   SUNSET   642 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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