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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
139 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 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         83    220 PM 104    2013  82      1       82
  MINIMUM         65    544 AM  42    1893  61      4       65
  AVERAGE         74                        71      3       74

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.78 1983   0.14  -0.14     0.13
  MONTH TO DATE    1.87                      4.04  -2.17     2.90
  SINCE JUN 1     16.90                     13.12   3.78    16.02
  SINCE JAN 1     28.73                     26.97   1.76    29.33

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        9                         7      2        9
  MONTH TO DATE  282                       274      8      309
  SINCE JUN 1    968                       846    122      976
  SINCE JAN 1   1022                       929     93     1073
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.5


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    90           600 AM
 LOWEST     46           200 PM
 AVERAGE    68

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        99      1913
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        45      1915
                                             1967


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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