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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
136 AM CDT MON APR 21 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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         52    449 PM  86    1980  64    -12       50       
                                      1987                           
  MINIMUM         43    903 AM  21    1888  42      1       33       
  AVERAGE         48                        53     -5       42     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.97          1.41 1893   0.15   0.82     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.40                      2.41  -0.01     1.35     
  SINCE MAR 1      5.07                      4.58   0.49     3.73     
  SINCE JAN 1      5.66                      7.00  -1.34     6.06     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.5  1959   0.0    0.0      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                                                              
  YESTERDAY       17                        12      5       23        
  MONTH TO DATE  294                       315    -21      239        
  SINCE MAR 1    880                      1111   -231      855        
  SINCE JUL 1   5283                      5904   -621     4721        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        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        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.0                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                                 


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           200 PM                                      
 LOWEST     49          1200 AM                                      
 AVERAGE    75                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        91      1980                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        24      1966                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
APRIL 21 2025.........SUNRISE   625 AM CDT   SUNSET   802 PM CDT     
APRIL 22 2025.........SUNRISE   624 AM CDT   SUNSET   803 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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