495 CDUS43 KDMX 282329 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 529 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2025 ................................... ...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 ................................................................... 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 ................................................................... 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 .......................................................... 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. $$