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Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CDUS43 KDMX 170641
CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
141 AM CDT THU JUL 17 2025
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 16 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 84 255 PM 102 1936 86 -2 81
MINIMUM 68 1159 PM 53 1906 67 1 69
AVERAGE 76 76 0 75
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.03 2.31 1922 0.11 -0.08 T
MONTH TO DATE 3.85 2.04 1.81 3.43
SINCE JUN 1 8.26 7.30 0.96 7.56
SINCE JAN 1 20.09 21.15 -1.06 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 11 11 0 10
MONTH TO DATE 189 173 16 167
SINCE JUN 1 492 403 89 498
SINCE JAN 1 546 486 60 595
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
RAIN
HAZE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 90 700 AM
LOWEST 61 300 PM
AVERAGE 76
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 104 1936
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 49 1911
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 17 2025..........SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET 845 PM CDT
JULY 18 2025..........SUNRISE 557 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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