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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1235 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 20 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         13    409 PM  64    1930  37    -24       64
                                      1981
  MINIMUM         -7    734 AM -12    1929  20    -27       29
  AVERAGE          3                        29    -26       47

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.67 2014   0.05  -0.05     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.38                      0.90  -0.52     0.42
  SINCE DEC 1      2.25                      3.56  -1.31     3.87
  SINCE JAN 1      0.59                      1.98  -1.39     2.33

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.8  1919   0.3   -0.3      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    6.6                       7.7   -1.1      4.2
  SINCE DEC 1     11.3                      25.0  -13.7     31.6
  SINCE JUL 1     11.3                      28.2  -16.9     34.2
  SNOW DEPTH       3

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       62                        36     26       18
  MONTH TO DATE  939                       792    147      532
  SINCE DEC 1   3322                      3270     52     2698
  SINCE JUL 1   4186                      4517   -331     3680

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.5


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    73          1100 PM
 LOWEST     58           300 PM
 AVERAGE    66

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        68      2017
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   20        -9      1885


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 21 2025......SUNRISE   701 AM CST   SUNSET   556 PM CST
FEBRUARY 22 2025......SUNRISE   659 AM CST   SUNSET   557 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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