


Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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677 CDUS43 KDMX 192226 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 526 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 2025... VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME. 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 ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 58 351 PM 86 1987 63 -5 58 MINIMUM 40 723 AM 21 2022 42 -2 33 AVERAGE 49 52 -3 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.29 1959 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.43 2.26 -0.83 1.35 SINCE MAR 1 4.10 4.43 -0.33 3.73 SINCE JAN 1 4.69 6.85 -2.16 6.06 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 2.7 1959 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.9 -0.9 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 3.0 5.3 -2.3 0.8 SINCE JUL 1 14.3 36.0 -21.7 35.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 16 13 3 19 MONTH TO DATE 277 303 -26 216 SINCE MAR 1 863 1099 -236 832 SINCE JUL 1 5266 5892 -626 4698 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 0 5 16 SINCE MAR 1 10 2 8 16 SINCE JAN 1 10 2 8 16 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 70 700 AM LOWEST 31 400 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 86 1980 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 21 1888 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 19 2025.........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT APRIL 20 2025.........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$