Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CDUS43 KDMX 062227
CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
527 PM CDT MON OCT 06 2025
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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 67 1220 AM 94 1963 69 -2 71
MINIMUM 54 946 AM 24 1952 47 7 51
AVERAGE 61 58 3 61
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.43 1.47 2017 0.09 0.34 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.49 0.59 -0.10 0.20
SINCE SEP 1 2.25 3.77 -1.52 0.80
SINCE JAN 1 31.07 30.87 0.20 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 4 8 -4 4
MONTH TO DATE 4 44 -40 10
SINCE SEP 1 33 130 -97 19
SINCE JUL 1 41 135 -94 19
COOLING
TODAY 0 1 -1 0
MONTH TO DATE 50 7 43 14
SINCE SEP 1 229 127 102 210
SINCE JAN 1 1257 1062 195 1290
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 1200 AM
LOWEST 84 1200 PM
AVERAGE 91
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 91 1939
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 26 1952
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 6 2025.......SUNRISE 717 AM CDT SUNSET 647 PM CDT
OCTOBER 7 2025.......SUNRISE 718 AM CDT SUNSET 646 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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