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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
138 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 15 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         89    448 PM 108    1936  86      3       95
  MINIMUM         69    549 AM  50    1930  67      2       72
  AVERAGE         79                        76      3       84

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.19 1882   0.12  -0.12      T
  MONTH TO DATE    3.82                      1.93   1.89     3.43
  SINCE JUN 1      8.23                      7.19   1.04     7.56
  SINCE JAN 1     20.06                     21.04  -0.98    20.87

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                        15    -11        1
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY       14                        11      3       19
  MONTH TO DATE  178                       162     16      157
  SINCE JUN 1    481                       392     89      488
  SINCE JAN 1    535                       475     60      585
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.6


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  FOG
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    84           100 AM
 LOWEST     47           400 PM
 AVERAGE    66

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       102      1936
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        53      1906


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 16 2025..........SUNRISE   555 AM CDT   SUNSET   846 PM CDT
JULY 17 2025..........SUNRISE   556 AM CDT   SUNSET   845 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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