


Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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101 CDUS43 KDMX 172230 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 530 PM CDT FRI OCT 17 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 2025... VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME. 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 ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 79 232 PM 87 2016 63 16 70 MINIMUM 63 645 AM 23 1948 43 20 39 AVERAGE 71 53 18 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY T 1.87 1963 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.49 1.62 -0.13 0.20 SINCE SEP 1 3.25 4.80 -1.55 0.80 SINCE JAN 1 32.07 31.90 0.17 30.13 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 T 1990 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 13 -13 10 MONTH TO DATE 39 161 -122 100 SINCE SEP 1 68 247 -179 109 SINCE JUL 1 76 252 -176 109 COOLING TODAY 6 0 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 66 13 53 25 SINCE SEP 1 245 133 112 221 SINCE JAN 1 1273 1068 205 1301 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 300 AM LOWEST 50 200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 87 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 21 2022 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 17 2025.......SUNRISE 729 AM CDT SUNSET 630 PM CDT OCTOBER 18 2025.......SUNRISE 730 AM CDT SUNSET 628 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$