Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
529 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2025
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 31 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 76 233 PM 99 1913 81 -5 84
MINIMUM 65 746 AM 45 1915 61 4 60
1967
AVERAGE 71 71 0 72
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.09 2.80 1977 0.13 -0.04 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.96 4.17 -2.21 2.90
SINCE JUN 1 16.99 13.25 3.74 16.02
SINCE JAN 1 28.82 27.10 1.72 29.33
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 8 0 8 0
SINCE JUN 1 12 16 -4 1
SINCE JUL 1 8 1 7 0
COOLING
TODAY 6 7 -1 7
MONTH TO DATE 288 280 8 316
SINCE JUN 1 974 852 122 983
SINCE JAN 1 1028 935 93 1080
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 700 AM
LOWEST 64 300 PM
AVERAGE 81
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 99 1913
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 38 1949
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 31 2025........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT
SEPTEMBER 1 2025.....SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 747 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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