Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CDUS43 KDMX 180636
CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
136 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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 94 342 PM 104 1988 84 10 83
MINIMUM 75 534 AM 47 1897 64 11 65
AVERAGE 85 74 11 74
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.00 2.02 1902 0.14 -0.14 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.66 2.29 -0.63 1.66
SINCE JUN 1 16.69 11.37 5.32 14.78
SINCE JAN 1 28.52 25.22 3.30 28.09
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 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUN 1 4 16 -12 1
SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0
COOLING
YESTERDAY 20 9 11 9
MONTH TO DATE 187 171 16 160
SINCE JUN 1 873 743 130 827
SINCE JAN 1 927 826 101 924
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 88 300 AM
LOWEST 47 200 PM
AVERAGE 68
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 108 1936
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 47 1897
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 18 2025........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT
AUGUST 19 2025........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 808 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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