Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
538 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2026
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31 2026...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 64 206 PM 86 1950 56 8 51
MINIMUM 52 158 AM 18 1949 37 15 34
AVERAGE 58 46 12 43
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.10 1.87 1922 0.08 0.02 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.32 2.78 -1.46 2.27
SINCE SEP 1 15.82 5.96 9.86 4.03
SINCE JAN 1 47.90 33.06 14.84 32.85
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 T 1991 0.0 0.0 0.0
2023
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 7 19 -12 22
MONTH TO DATE 142 385 -243 241
SINCE SEP 1 174 471 -297 270
SINCE JUL 1 174 476 -302 278
COOLING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 49 16 33 65
SINCE SEP 1 256 136 120 244
SINCE JAN 1 1374 1071 303 1272
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 1000 AM
LOWEST 80 400 AM
AVERAGE 89
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 82 1938
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 16 1895
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 31 2026.......SUNRISE 745 AM CDT SUNSET 611 PM CDT
NOVEMBER 1 2026......SUNRISE 646 AM CST SUNSET 509 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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