The Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM) collects environmental data from cooperating members with observing networks. The data are stored and made available on this website.
Humid for November
Posted: 03 Nov 2026 05:30 AM, Views: 399For November, it was rather humid on Monday with dew point readings into the lower 60s for much of Iowa. The featured chart looks into the dew point climatology by wind direction for Des Moines during November. The black line represents the simple average and intuitively shows the highest dew point readings with a southerly wind and lowest when the wind is from the northwest. The observations for yesterday are denoted by the black dots and show values well above the 95th percentile for the south-southeasterly direction. As was the case for much of September, the elevated humidity levels are again fueling significant rainfalls with more on the way lasting into Thursday.
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Data from the Iowa State Soil Moisture Network is found on this website and daily soil temperature averages are used to produce the highlighted analysis.




