Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Text Only |  Print | Product List |  Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
163
CDUS43 KDMX 180638
CLIALO

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
138 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2025

...................................

...THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 2025...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2025


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
...................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         75    222 PM  85    1985  62     13       62
  MINIMUM         49    654 AM  14    1921  38     11       44
  AVERAGE         62                        50     12       53

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.16          1.62 2013   0.14   0.02     0.02
  MONTH TO DATE    0.64                      2.09  -1.45     1.27
  SINCE MAR 1      3.02                      4.07  -1.05     3.77
  SINCE JAN 1      3.56                      6.31  -2.75     6.49

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.0  1960   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       1.2   -1.2       T
  SINCE MAR 1      4.2                       5.8   -1.6      4.9
  SINCE JUL 1     17.1                      38.5  -21.4     32.3
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        3                        15    -12       12
  MONTH TO DATE  311                       311      0      250
  SINCE MAR 1    954                      1190   -236      977
  SINCE JUL 1   5699                      6360   -661     5199

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        2
  SINCE MAR 1      5                         1      4        2
  SINCE JAN 1      5                         1      4        2
...................................................................


WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    38   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.5


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    77           700 AM
 LOWEST     38          1200 AM
 AVERAGE    58

..........................................................


THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        92      1994
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        20      1983


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 18 2025.........SUNRISE   623 AM CDT   SUNSET   755 PM CDT
APRIL 19 2025.........SUNRISE   622 AM CDT   SUNSET   756 PM CDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




$$