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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
529 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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           
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                          
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         60   1219 PM  69    1932  41     19       33       
  MINIMUM         40    505 AM -16    1962  23     17        9       
  AVERAGE         50                        32     18       21     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  TODAY            0.00          1.29 1987   0.06  -0.06     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.38                      1.34  -0.96     0.42     
  SINCE DEC 1      2.25                      4.00  -1.75     3.87     
  SINCE JAN 1      0.59                      2.42  -1.83     2.33     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  TODAY            0.0          14.2  1939   0.3   -0.3      0.0      
  MONTH TO DATE    6.6                      10.2   -3.6      4.2      
  SINCE DEC 1     11.3                      27.5  -16.2     31.6      
  SINCE JUL 1     11.3                      30.7  -19.4     34.2      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 

DEGREE DAYS                                                           
 HEATING                                                              
  TODAY           15                        33    -18       44        
  MONTH TO DATE 1151                      1068     83      693        
  SINCE DEC 1   3534                      3546    -12     2859        
  SINCE JUL 1   4398                      4793   -395     3841        

 COOLING                                                              
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0        
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0        
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0        
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    40   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    52   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    20.3                                        


WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                             
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                                  


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    59           500 AM                                      
 LOWEST     32           200 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    46                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        77      1992                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   24       -22      1962                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
FEBRUARY 28 2025......SUNRISE   650 AM CST   SUNSET   604 PM CST     
MARCH  1 2025.........SUNRISE   649 AM CST   SUNSET   606 PM CST     


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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