CDUS43 KDMX 192234 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 534 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 19 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 ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 88 359 PM 101 1983 83 5 82 MINIMUM 71 612 AM 49 1950 64 7 64 AVERAGE 80 74 6 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 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) 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 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 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 500 AM LOWEST 57 400 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 100 1947 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 40 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 19 2025........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT AUGUST 20 2025........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$