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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1239 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 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         20    420 PM  68    2017  38    -18       63
  MINIMUM         -5    629 AM  -9    1885  20    -25       42
  AVERAGE          8                        29    -21       53

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.22 1976   0.05  -0.05     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.38                      0.95  -0.57     0.42
  SINCE DEC 1      2.25                      3.61  -1.36     3.87
  SINCE JAN 1      0.59                      2.03  -1.44     2.33

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           9.8  1976   0.3   -0.3      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    6.6                       8.0   -1.4      4.2
  SINCE DEC 1     11.3                      25.3  -14.0     31.6
  SINCE JUL 1     11.3                      28.5  -17.2     34.2
  SNOW DEPTH       2

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       57                        36     21       12
  MONTH TO DATE  996                       828    168      544
  SINCE DEC 1   3379                      3306     73     2710
  SINCE JUL 1   4243                      4553   -310     3692

 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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.7


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    82          1200 AM
 LOWEST     47           300 PM
 AVERAGE    65

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        73      2017
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21       -10      1889


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 22 2025......SUNRISE   659 AM CST   SUNSET   557 PM CST
FEBRUARY 23 2025......SUNRISE   658 AM CST   SUNSET   558 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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