CDUS43 KDMX 150627 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 127 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2026 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2026 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 61 446 PM 88 1897 65 -4 60 MINIMUM 51 739 AM 23 1939 44 7 52 AVERAGE 56 54 2 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 2.10 2007 0.09 -0.07 0.11 MONTH TO DATE 0.73 1.35 -0.62 1.41 SINCE SEP 1 15.23 4.53 10.70 3.17 SINCE JAN 1 47.31 31.63 15.68 31.99 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2018 0.0 0.0 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 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 11 -2 9 MONTH TO DATE 37 124 -87 39 SINCE SEP 1 69 210 -141 68 SINCE JUL 1 69 215 -146 76 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 40 13 27 52 SINCE SEP 1 247 133 114 231 SINCE JAN 1 1365 1068 297 1259 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 700 AM LOWEST 62 200 AM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 89 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 28 1893 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 15 2026.......SUNRISE 727 AM CDT SUNSET 633 PM CDT OCTOBER 16 2026.......SUNRISE 728 AM CDT SUNSET 632 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$