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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
526 PM CDT TUE OCT 14 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         60   1204 AM  88    1897  65     -5       55
  MINIMUM         52    808 AM  23    1939  44      8       37
  AVERAGE         56                        54      2       46

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.11          2.10 2007   0.09   0.02     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.41                      1.35   0.06     0.20
  SINCE SEP 1      3.17                      4.53  -1.36     0.80
  SINCE JAN 1     31.99                     31.63   0.36    30.13

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           T    2018   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            9                        11     -2       19
  MONTH TO DATE   39                       124    -85       52
  SINCE SEP 1     68                       210   -142       61
  SINCE JUL 1     76                       215   -139       61

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE   52                        13     39       25
  SINCE SEP 1    231                       133     98      221
  SINCE JAN 1   1259                      1068    191     1301
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.5


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  HEAVY RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    86           800 AM
 LOWEST     42          1200 AM
 AVERAGE    64

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        89      1938
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        28      1893
                                             1952


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 14 2025.......SUNRISE   726 AM CDT   SUNSET   634 PM CDT
OCTOBER 15 2025.......SUNRISE   727 AM CDT   SUNSET   633 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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