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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
132 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 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         73    414 PM  87    1938  67      6       81
  MINIMUM         48    626 AM  23    1895  46      2       52
  AVERAGE         61                        56      5       67

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.06          1.38 1985   0.10  -0.04     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.11                      0.89   0.22     0.20
  SINCE SEP 1      2.87                      4.07  -1.20     0.80
  SINCE JAN 1     31.69                     31.17   0.52    30.13

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1987   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE SEP 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        4                         9     -5        0
  MONTH TO DATE   21                        71    -50       21
  SINCE SEP 1     50                       157   -107       30
  SINCE JUL 1     58                       162   -104       30

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        2
  MONTH TO DATE   50                        10     40       16
  SINCE SEP 1    229                       130     99      212
  SINCE JAN 1   1257                      1065    192     1292
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.0


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  LIGHT RAIN


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    61           800 AM
 LOWEST     34           200 PM
 AVERAGE    48

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        88      1928
                                             1962
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        26      1964


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 10 2025.......SUNRISE   721 AM CDT   SUNSET   641 PM CDT
OCTOBER 11 2025.......SUNRISE   723 AM CDT   SUNSET   639 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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