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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
146 AM CDT SUN JUL 20 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 19 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         87    543 PM 109    1934  86      1       81
  MINIMUM         67    744 AM  52    1947  67      0       63
  AVERAGE         77                        76      1       72

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        1.26          4.32 1904   0.12   1.14      T
  MONTH TO DATE    5.11                      2.40   2.71     3.43
  SINCE JUN 1      9.52                      7.66   1.86     7.56
  SINCE JAN 1     21.35                     21.51  -0.16    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       12                        11      1        7
  MONTH TO DATE  212                       206      6      185
  SINCE JUN 1    515                       436     79      516
  SINCE JAN 1    569                       519     50      613
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    34   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.4


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    97           700 AM
 LOWEST     65           200 PM
 AVERAGE    81

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       108      1934
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        53      1880


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 20 2025..........SUNRISE   558 AM CDT   SUNSET   843 PM CDT
JULY 21 2025..........SUNRISE   559 AM CDT   SUNSET   842 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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