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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1232 AM CST THU NOV 20 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 19 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         45    520 PM  75    1942  47     -2       54
  MINIMUM         41   1156 PM   3    1914  29     12       43
  AVERAGE         43                        38      5       49

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.03          2.47 1948   0.06  -0.03      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.57                      1.27  -0.70     2.80
  SINCE SEP 1      4.60                      7.23  -2.63     5.50
  SINCE JAN 1     33.42                     34.33  -0.91    34.83

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           2.6  1981   0.1   -0.1      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.1                       1.2   -1.1      0.0
  SINCE SEP 1      0.1                       1.7   -1.6      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.1                       1.7   -1.6      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       22                        27     -5       16
  MONTH TO DATE  377                       443    -66      307
  SINCE SEP 1    647                       912   -265      505
  SINCE JUL 1    655                       917   -262      505

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE SEP 1    244                       136    108      238
  SINCE JAN 1   1272                      1071    201     1318
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.6


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           100 AM
 LOWEST     89          1100 PM
 AVERAGE    95

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        76      1897
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   28         5      1964


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER 20 2025......SUNRISE   710 AM CST   SUNSET   451 PM CST
NOVEMBER 21 2025......SUNRISE   711 AM CST   SUNSET   450 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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