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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1236 AM CST WED NOV 19 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 18 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         45   1058 AM  76    1999  47     -2       62
  MINIMUM         40    731 AM   4    1891  29     11       47
  AVERAGE         43                        38      5       55

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.01          0.72 1983   0.05  -0.04     0.50
  MONTH TO DATE    0.54                      1.21  -0.67     2.80
  SINCE SEP 1      4.57                      7.17  -2.60     5.50
  SINCE JAN 1     33.39                     34.27  -0.88    34.83

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.2  1957   0.1   -0.1      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.1                       1.1   -1.0      0.0
  SINCE SEP 1      0.1                       1.6   -1.5      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.1                       1.6   -1.5      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       22                        27     -5       10
  MONTH TO DATE  355                       416    -61      291
  SINCE SEP 1    625                       885   -260      489
  SINCE JUL 1    633                       890   -257      489

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE SEP 1    244                       136    108      238
  SINCE JAN 1   1272                      1071    201     1318
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.0


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    96           900 PM
 LOWEST     65          1200 AM
 AVERAGE    81

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        75      1942
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29         3      1914


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER 19 2025......SUNRISE   709 AM CST   SUNSET   451 PM CST
NOVEMBER 20 2025......SUNRISE   710 AM CST   SUNSET   451 PM CST


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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