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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
530 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 13 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         72    339 PM  88    1975  65      7       62
  MINIMUM         55    728 AM  20    1909  44     11       43
                                      1917
  AVERAGE         64                        55      9       53

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          2.09 2012   0.09  -0.09     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.30                      1.26   0.04     0.20
  SINCE SEP 1      3.06                      4.44  -1.38     0.80
  SINCE JAN 1     31.88                     31.54   0.34    30.13

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           T    1983   0.1   -0.1      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            1                        11    -10       12
  MONTH TO DATE   30                       113    -83       33
  SINCE SEP 1     59                       199   -140       42
  SINCE JUL 1     67                       204   -137       42

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE   52                        13     39       25
  SINCE SEP 1    231                       133     98      221
  SINCE JAN 1   1259                      1068    191     1301
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.8


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    70          1200 AM
 LOWEST     29           400 PM
 AVERAGE    50

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        88      1897
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        23      1939


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 13 2025.......SUNRISE   725 AM CDT   SUNSET   636 PM CDT
OCTOBER 14 2025.......SUNRISE   726 AM CDT   SUNSET   634 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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