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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
143 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 10 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         83    507 PM 102    1911  84     -1       79
  MINIMUM         71   1159 PM  50    1917  65      6       54
  AVERAGE         77                        75      2       67

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             2.75 1939   0.14  -0.14     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.61                      1.34   0.27     0.01
  SINCE JUN 1     16.64                     10.42   6.22    13.13
  SINCE JAN 1     28.47                     24.27   4.20    26.44

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   93                       104    -11      105
  SINCE JUN 1    779                       676    103      772
  SINCE JAN 1    833                       759     74      869
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    43   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.4


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    91           600 AM
 LOWEST     61           400 PM
 AVERAGE    76

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84       102      1881
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        50      1902
                                             1986
                                             2004


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 11 2025........SUNRISE   620 AM CDT   SUNSET   819 PM CDT
AUGUST 12 2025........SUNRISE   621 AM CDT   SUNSET   818 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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