Records for Des Moines Area, Iowa (DSMthr) on 10-16
Record Highs
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1: 87°F (1950)
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2: 86°F (1938)
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3: 86°F (1918)
Record Lows
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1: 26°F (1943)
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2: 29°F (2002)
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3: 29°F (1976)
Lowest Highs
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1: 66°F (1968)
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2: 64°F (1908)
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3: 63°F (1950)
Highest Lows
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1: 42°F (1880)
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2: 46°F (1943)
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3: 46°F (1881)
Highest October temperature:
95°F on 10-05-1963.
Lowest October temperature:
7°F on 10-28-1925.
Average temperature is 53.2°F
Average high is 63.4°F
Average low is 42.9°F
Temperature data from 1878 to 2022.
Record Precipitation
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1: 1.86" (1879)
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2: 0.85" (1984)
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3: 0.75" (1913)
Precipitation data from 1878 to 2022.