Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
528 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 2025...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.
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)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 87 359 PM 108 1936 84 3 85
MINIMUM 73 859 AM 47 1897 64 9 64
AVERAGE 80 74 6 75
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.13 2.46 2015 0.14 -0.01 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.79 2.43 -0.64 1.66
SINCE JUN 1 16.82 11.51 5.31 14.78
SINCE JAN 1 28.65 25.36 3.29 28.09
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 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
TODAY 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
TODAY 15 9 6 10
MONTH TO DATE 202 180 22 170
SINCE JUN 1 888 752 136 837
SINCE JAN 1 942 835 107 934
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 34 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
HAZE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 94 800 AM
LOWEST 63 400 PM
AVERAGE 79
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 101 1983
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 49 1950
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 18 2025........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT
AUGUST 19 2025........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 808 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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