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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
133 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 11 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         81   1221 PM 103    1936  86     -5       83
                                      1954
  MINIMUM         67   1159 PM  54    1898  66      1       63
                                      1926
                                      1945
  AVERAGE         74                        76     -2       73

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        2.26R         1.60 1964   0.12   2.14     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    3.82                      1.46   2.36     3.43
  SINCE JUN 1      8.23                      6.72   1.51     7.56
  SINCE JAN 1     20.06                     20.57  -0.51    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        9                        11     -2        8
  MONTH TO DATE  137                       118     19       88
  SINCE JUN 1    440                       348     92      419
  SINCE JAN 1    494                       431     63      516
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.5


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  HEAVY RAIN
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    97           400 AM
 LOWEST     76          1000 AM
 AVERAGE    87

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       105      1939
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        53      1941


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 12 2025..........SUNRISE   552 AM CDT   SUNSET   848 PM CDT
JULY 13 2025..........SUNRISE   553 AM CDT   SUNSET   848 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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