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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
131 AM CDT THU APR 03 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2 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         70   1217 PM  87    1981  57     13       51
  MINIMUM         44   1159 PM  15    1970  36      8       34
  AVERAGE         57                        47     10       43

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.78R         0.75 2006   0.09   0.69     0.26
  MONTH TO DATE    0.79                      0.19   0.60     0.33
  SINCE MAR 1      3.46                      2.36   1.10     2.71
  SINCE JAN 1      4.05                      4.78  -0.73     5.04

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.5  1975   0.0    0.0      0.5
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.5
  SINCE MAR 1      3.0                       4.5   -1.5      0.8
  SINCE JUL 1     14.3                      35.2  -20.9     35.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        8                        19    -11       22
  MONTH TO DATE   31                        38     -7       41
  SINCE MAR 1    617                       834   -217      657
  SINCE JUL 1   5020                      5627   -607     4523

 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    41   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    56   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    18.9


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  HEAVY RAIN
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           400 AM
 LOWEST     49          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    75

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        87      2011
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36         9      1975


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL  3 2025.........SUNRISE   654 AM CDT   SUNSET   742 PM CDT
APRIL  4 2025.........SUNRISE   652 AM CDT   SUNSET   744 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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