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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
535 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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         82    339 PM  99    1965  84     -2       74
  MINIMUM         62    505 AM  48    1964  65     -3       65
  AVERAGE         72                        75     -3       70

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          3.24 1940   0.13  -0.13      T
  MONTH TO DATE    1.66                      1.73  -0.07     0.54
  SINCE JUN 1     16.69                     10.81   5.88    13.66
  SINCE JAN 1     28.52                     24.66   3.86    26.97

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            7                        10     -3        5
  MONTH TO DATE  121                       134    -13      116
  SINCE JUN 1    807                       706    101      783
  SINCE JAN 1    861                       789     72      880
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.5


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    87           600 AM
 LOWEST     45           100 PM
 AVERAGE    66

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84       104      1988
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        51      1885
                                             1994


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 13 2025........SUNRISE   622 AM CDT   SUNSET   816 PM CDT
AUGUST 14 2025........SUNRISE   623 AM CDT   SUNSET   815 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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