Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CDUS43 KDMX 162229
CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
529 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2025
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 16 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 84 255 PM 102 1936 86 -2 81
MINIMUM 70 716 AM 53 1906 67 3 69
AVERAGE 77 76 1 75
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.03 2.31 1922 0.11 -0.08 T
MONTH TO DATE 3.85 2.04 1.81 3.43
SINCE JUN 1 8.26 7.30 0.96 7.56
SINCE JAN 1 20.09 21.15 -1.06 20.87
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 JUN 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 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUN 1 4 15 -11 1
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0
COOLING
TODAY 12 11 1 10
MONTH TO DATE 190 173 17 167
SINCE JUN 1 493 403 90 498
SINCE JAN 1 547 486 61 595
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
RAIN
HAZE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 90 700 AM
LOWEST 61 300 PM
AVERAGE 76
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 104 1936
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 49 1911
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 16 2025..........SUNRISE 555 AM CDT SUNSET 846 PM CDT
JULY 17 2025..........SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET 845 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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