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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
137 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29 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         84    405 PM  99    1983  82      2       94
                                      1984
  MINIMUM         59    604 AM  43    1946  62     -3       71
  AVERAGE         72                        72      0       83

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.16 1993   0.13  -0.13     0.89
  MONTH TO DATE    1.87                      3.90  -2.03     2.77
  SINCE JUN 1     16.90                     12.98   3.92    15.89
  SINCE JAN 1     28.73                     26.83   1.90    29.20

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        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
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    8                         0      8        0
  SINCE JUN 1     12                        16     -4        1
  SINCE JUL 1      8                         1      7        0

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        7                         7      0       18
  MONTH TO DATE  273                       267      6      300
  SINCE JUN 1    959                       839    120      967
  SINCE JAN 1   1013                       922     91     1064
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (230)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.9


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    90           400 AM
 LOWEST     45          1100 AM
 AVERAGE    68

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82       104      2013
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        42      1893


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 30 2025........SUNRISE   639 AM CDT   SUNSET   750 PM CDT
AUGUST 31 2025........SUNRISE   640 AM CDT   SUNSET   749 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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