Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
530 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22 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 83 359 PM 98 1947 83 0 78
1948
MINIMUM 64 535 AM 48 1890 63 1 58
1923
AVERAGE 74 73 1 68
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 2.60 1922 0.14 -0.14 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.79 2.98 -1.19 1.80
SINCE JUN 1 16.82 12.06 4.76 14.92
SINCE JAN 1 28.65 25.91 2.74 28.23
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 9 8 1 3
MONTH TO DATE 250 214 36 189
SINCE JUN 1 936 786 150 856
SINCE JAN 1 990 869 121 953
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 90 400 AM
LOWEST 53 300 PM
AVERAGE 72
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 100 2023
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 43 1891
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 22 2025........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT
AUGUST 23 2025........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 802 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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