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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
131 AM CDT WED APR 09 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8 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         55    509 PM  87    1887  60     -5       67       
                                      1931                           
  MINIMUM         27    613 AM  20    1928  38    -11       43       
                                      1972                           
  AVERAGE         41                        49     -8       55     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.17 1904   0.11  -0.11     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.79                      0.84  -0.05     0.48     
  SINCE MAR 1      3.46                      3.01   0.45     2.86     
  SINCE JAN 1      4.05                      5.43  -1.38     5.19     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.5  1973   0.0    0.0      0.0      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.4   -0.4      0.5      
  SINCE MAR 1      3.0                       4.8   -1.8      0.8      
  SINCE JUL 1     14.3                      35.5  -21.2     35.0      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 

DEGREE DAYS                                                           
 HEATING                                                              
  YESTERDAY       24                        17      7       10        
  MONTH TO DATE  168                       143     25      136        
  SINCE MAR 1    754                       939   -185      752        
  SINCE JUL 1   5157                      5732   -575     4618        

 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.2                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                                 


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    58           600 AM                                      
 LOWEST     22           300 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    40                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        86      1977                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        19      1928                      
                                             1997                     


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
APRIL  9 2025.........SUNRISE   644 AM CDT   SUNSET   749 PM CDT     
APRIL 10 2025.........SUNRISE   642 AM CDT   SUNSET   750 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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