Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CDUS43 KDMX 200627
CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
127 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2025
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 19 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 88 408 PM 101 1983 83 5 82
MINIMUM 71 612 AM 49 1950 64 7 64
AVERAGE 80 74 6 73
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.03 1979 0.14 -0.14 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.79 2.57 -0.78 1.66
SINCE JUN 1 16.82 11.65 5.17 14.78
SINCE JAN 1 28.65 25.50 3.15 28.09
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 15 9 6 8
MONTH TO DATE 217 189 28 178
SINCE JUN 1 903 761 142 845
SINCE JAN 1 957 844 113 942
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 500 AM
LOWEST 57 400 PM
AVERAGE 77
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 100 1947
1983
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 40 1950
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 20 2025........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT
AUGUST 21 2025........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 805 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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