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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
531 PM CST WED NOV 12 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 12 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         61    324 PM  71    1902  50     11       53
  MINIMUM         35    542 AM  -1    2019  32      3       34
  AVERAGE         48                        41      7       44

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          1.96 2010   0.07  -0.07     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.42                      0.83  -0.41     1.87
  SINCE SEP 1      4.45                      6.79  -2.34     4.57
  SINCE JAN 1     33.27                     33.89  -0.62    33.90

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           4.1  1959   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.1                       0.6   -0.5      0.0
  SINCE SEP 1      0.1                       1.1   -1.0      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.1                       1.1   -1.0      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY           17                        24     -7       21
  MONTH TO DATE  263                       261      2      189
  SINCE SEP 1    533                       730   -197      387
  SINCE JUL 1    541                       735   -194      387

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE SEP 1    244                       136    108      238
  SINCE JAN 1   1272                      1071    201     1318
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.4


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    79           600 AM
 LOWEST     32           300 PM
 AVERAGE    56

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        81      1999
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        -1      1940


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER 12 2025......SUNRISE   700 AM CST   SUNSET   457 PM CST
NOVEMBER 13 2025......SUNRISE   701 AM CST   SUNSET   456 PM CST


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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