CDUS43 KDMX 242226 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 526 PM CDT FRI OCT 24 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24 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 59 310 PM 82 1897 59 0 70 1927 MINIMUM 36 526 AM 21 1887 40 -4 40 AVERAGE 48 49 -1 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.91 2021 0.08 -0.08 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 1.54 2.22 -0.68 0.29 SINCE SEP 1 3.30 5.40 -2.10 0.89 SINCE JAN 1 32.12 32.50 -0.38 30.22 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 1.4 1962 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 17 16 1 10 MONTH TO DATE 133 262 -129 132 SINCE SEP 1 162 348 -186 141 SINCE JUL 1 170 353 -183 141 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 65 13 52 29 SINCE SEP 1 244 133 111 225 SINCE JAN 1 1272 1068 204 1305 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 600 AM LOWEST 33 200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 87 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 14 1887 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 24 2025.......SUNRISE 737 AM CDTSUNSET 620 PM CDT OCTOBER 25 2025.......SUNRISE 738 AM CDT SUNSET 618 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$