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CDUS43 KDMX 070654
CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
154 AM CDT TUE OCT 07 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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         67   1220 AM  94    1963  69     -2       71
  MINIMUM         54    946 AM  24    1952  47      7       51
  AVERAGE         61                        58      3       61

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.92          1.47 2017   0.09   0.83     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.98                      0.59   0.39     0.20
  SINCE SEP 1      2.74                      3.77  -1.03     0.80
  SINCE JAN 1     31.56                     30.87   0.69    30.13

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 SEP 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        4                         8     -4        4
  MONTH TO DATE    4                        44    -40       10
  SINCE SEP 1     33                       130    -97       19
  SINCE JUL 1     41                       135    -94       19

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE   50                         7     43       14
  SINCE SEP 1    229                       127    102      210
  SINCE JAN 1   1257                      1062    195     1290
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    97          1200 AM
 LOWEST     84          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    91

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        91      1939
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        26      1952


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  7 2025.......SUNRISE   718 AM CDT   SUNSET   646 PM CDT
OCTOBER  8 2025.......SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   644 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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