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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
531 PM CDT WED OCT 01 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 1 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         84    359 PM  92    1976  71     13       69
  MINIMUM         65    655 AM  29    1985  49     16       52
  AVERAGE         75                        60     15       61

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          3.59 2019   0.11  -0.11     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.11  -0.11     0.00
  SINCE SEP 1      1.76                      3.29  -1.53     0.60
  SINCE JAN 1     30.58                     30.39   0.19    29.93

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0          MM      MM   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
  TODAY            0                         6     -6        4
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         6     -6        4
  SINCE SEP 1     29                        92    -63       13
  SINCE JUL 1     37                        97    -60       13

 COOLING
  TODAY           10                         2      8        0
  MONTH TO DATE   10                         2      8        0
  SINCE SEP 1    189                       122     67      196
  SINCE JAN 1   1217                      1057    160     1276
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (90)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.4


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    78           500 AM
 LOWEST     40           400 PM
 AVERAGE    59

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        92      1953
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        27      1974


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  1 2025.......SUNRISE   712 AM CDT   SUNSET   656 PM CDT
OCTOBER  2 2025.......SUNRISE   713 AM CDT   SUNSET   654 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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