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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
129 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 2025...

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)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         54    354 PM  87    2011  58     -4       55
  MINIMUM         37    652 AM   9    1975  36      1       36
  AVERAGE         46                        47     -1       46

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.93 1945   0.10  -0.10      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.79                      0.29   0.50     0.33
  SINCE MAR 1      3.46                      2.46   1.00     2.71
  SINCE JAN 1      4.05                      4.88  -0.83     5.04

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.9  1950   0.1   -0.1       T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.5
  SINCE MAR 1      3.0                       4.6   -1.6      0.8
  SINCE JUL 1     14.3                      35.3  -21.0     35.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       19                        18      1       19
  MONTH TO DATE   50                        56     -6       60
  SINCE MAR 1    636                       852   -216      676
  SINCE JUL 1   5039                      5645   -606     4542

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE MAR 1      5                         2      3        0
  SINCE JAN 1      5                         2      3        0
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.3


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    78           500 AM
 LOWEST     48           500 PM
 AVERAGE    63

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        89      1929
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        13      1881
                                             1899


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL  4 2025.........SUNRISE   652 AM CDT   SUNSET   744 PM CDT
APRIL  5 2025.........SUNRISE   650 AM CDT   SUNSET   745 PM CDT


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




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