CDUS43 KDMX 152233 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 533 PM CDT THU OCT 15 2026 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 2026... VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 60 1254 PM 89 1938 64 -4 76 MINIMUM 51 349 PM 28 1893 43 8 58 1952 AVERAGE 56 54 2 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.47 2.75 1880 0.09 0.38 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 1.20 1.44 -0.24 1.44 SINCE SEP 1 15.70 4.62 11.08 3.20 SINCE JAN 1 47.78 31.72 16.06 32.02 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.2 1937 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 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 9 12 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 46 136 -90 39 SINCE SEP 1 78 222 -144 68 SINCE JUL 1 78 227 -149 76 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 2 MONTH TO DATE 40 13 27 54 SINCE SEP 1 247 133 114 233 SINCE JAN 1 1365 1068 297 1261 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 46 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 84 1200 AM AVERAGE 92 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 87 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 26 1943SUNRISE 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. $$