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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
130 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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         78    327 PM  91    1899  66     12       78
  MINIMUM         55    658 AM  24    1909  45     10       53
  AVERAGE         67                        55     12       66

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             1.96 1997   0.10  -0.10     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.30                      1.17   0.13     0.20
  SINCE SEP 1      3.06                      4.35  -1.29     0.80
  SINCE JAN 1     31.88                     31.45   0.43    30.13

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.2  2018   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                        11    -11        0
  MONTH TO DATE   29                       102    -73       21
  SINCE SEP 1     58                       188   -130       30
  SINCE JUL 1     66                       193   -127       30

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        2                         1      1        1
  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    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.2


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           100 AM
 LOWEST     54           300 PM
 AVERAGE    74

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        88      1975
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        20      1909
                                             1917


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 13 2025.......SUNRISE   725 AM CDT   SUNSET   636 PM CDT
OCTOBER 14 2025.......SUNRISE   726 AM CDT   SUNSET   634 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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