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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
137 AM CDT WED AUG 13 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 12 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         85    412 PM 101    1936  84      1       71
  MINIMUM         69    546 AM  48    1964  65      4       63
                                      2004
  AVERAGE         77                        75      2       67

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.01          3.06 1932   0.13  -0.12     0.53
  MONTH TO DATE    1.66                      1.60   0.06     0.54
  SINCE JUN 1     16.69                     10.68   6.01    13.66
  SINCE JAN 1     28.52                     24.53   3.99    26.97

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       12                        10      2        2
  MONTH TO DATE  114                       124    -10      111
  SINCE JUN 1    800                       696    104      778
  SINCE JAN 1    854                       779     75      875
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    19   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.1


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           500 AM
 LOWEST     51           500 PM
 AVERAGE    76

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        99      1965
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        48      1964


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 13 2025........SUNRISE   622 AM CDT   SUNSET   816 PM CDT
AUGUST 14 2025........SUNRISE   623 AM CDT   SUNSET   815 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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