CDUS43 KDMX 162228 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 528 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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 53 359 PM 87 1950 63 -10 81 MINIMUM 45 123 AM 26 1943 43 2 60 AVERAGE 49 53 -4 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY T 1.86 1879 0.09 -0.09 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 1.20 1.53 -0.33 1.49 SINCE SEP 1 15.70 4.71 10.99 3.25 SINCE JAN 1 47.78 31.81 15.97 32.07 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 T 1992 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 16 12 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 64 148 -84 39 SINCE SEP 1 96 234 -138 68 SINCE JUL 1 96 239 -143 76 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 6 MONTH TO DATE 40 13 27 60 SINCE SEP 1 247 133 114 239 SINCE JAN 1 1365 1068 297 1267 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 600 AM LOWEST 50 300 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 87 2016 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 23 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 16 2026.......SUNRISE 728 AM CDT SUNSET 632 PM CDT OCTOBER 17 2026.......SUNRISE 729 AM CDT SUNSET 630 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$