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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
131 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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         82    356 PM 102    1936  83     -1       77
  MINIMUM         67    615 AM  47    1950  64      3       63
  AVERAGE         75                        73      2       70

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.92 1946   0.13  -0.13     0.05
  MONTH TO DATE    1.79                      2.84  -1.05     1.80
  SINCE JUN 1     16.82                     11.92   4.90    14.92
  SINCE JAN 1     28.65                     25.77   2.88    28.23

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                        16    -12        1
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         1     -1        0

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY       10                         8      2        5
  MONTH TO DATE  241                       206     35      186
  SINCE JUN 1    927                       778    149      853
  SINCE JAN 1    981                       861    120      950
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.7


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           300 AM
 LOWEST     53           400 PM
 AVERAGE    73

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        98      1947
                                             1948
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        48      1890
                                             1923


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 22 2025........SUNRISE   631 AM CDT   SUNSET   803 PM CDT
AUGUST 23 2025........SUNRISE   632 AM CDT   SUNSET   802 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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