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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
128 AM CDT THU APR 10 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 9 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         67    504 PM  86    1977  60      7       68
  MINIMUM         41    558 AM  19    1928  38      3       38
                                      1997
  AVERAGE         54                        49      5       53

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.54 1919   0.11  -0.11     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.79                      0.95  -0.16     0.48
  SINCE MAR 1      3.46                      3.12   0.34     2.86
  SINCE JAN 1      4.05                      5.54  -1.49     5.19

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0          90.0  2021   0.1   -0.1      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.5   -0.5      0.5
  SINCE MAR 1      3.0                       4.9   -1.9      0.8
  SINCE JUL 1     14.3                      35.6  -21.3     35.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       11                        16     -5       12
  MONTH TO DATE  179                       159     20      148
  SINCE MAR 1    765                       955   -190      764
  SINCE JUL 1   5168                      5748   -580     4630

 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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    60           700 AM
 LOWEST     33           600 PM
 AVERAGE    47

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        92      1930
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        20      1989


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 10 2025.........SUNRISE   642 AM CDT   SUNSET   750 PM CDT
APRIL 11 2025.........SUNRISE   641 AM CDT   SUNSET   751 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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