Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
527 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2025
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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 82 356 PM 102 1936 83 -1 77
MINIMUM 67 615 AM 47 1950 64 3 63
AVERAGE 75 73 2 70
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 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)
TODAY 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
TODAY 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
TODAY 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 7.6
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
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 TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 98 1947
1948
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 48 1890
1923
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 21 2025........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT
AUGUST 22 2025........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 803 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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