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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
200 AM CDT SAT OCT 04 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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         87    413 PM  92    1997  70     17       83
  MINIMUM         65    709 AM  29    1888  48     17       52
  AVERAGE         76                        59     17       68

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.61 1942   0.10  -0.10      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.31  -0.31      T
  SINCE SEP 1      1.76                      3.49  -1.73     0.60
  SINCE JAN 1     30.58                     30.59  -0.01    29.93

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1999   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE SEP 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                         7     -7        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        20    -20        6
  SINCE SEP 1     29                       106    -77       15
  SINCE JUL 1     37                       111    -74       15

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY       11                         1     10        3
  MONTH TO DATE   29                         4     25        3
  SINCE SEP 1    208                       124     84      199
  SINCE JAN 1   1236                      1059    177     1279
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.1


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    81           600 AM
 LOWEST     40           200 PM
 AVERAGE    61

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        92      1938
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        29      1935
                                             1968
                                             1999


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  4 2025.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   651 PM CDT
OCTOBER  5 2025.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   649 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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