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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
529 PM CDT WED OCT 08 2025

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

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            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)
  TODAY            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
  TODAY            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
  TODAY            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     4.4


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  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 TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        87      1938
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        23      1895


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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