


Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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307 CDUS43 KDMX 190648 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 148 AM CDT SAT APR 19 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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 ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 67 221 AM 90 1985 63 4 56 MINIMUM 45 1159 PM 20 1983 41 4 40 AVERAGE 56 52 4 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.55 1991 0.14 -0.14 0.35 MONTH TO DATE 1.43 2.12 -0.69 1.35 SINCE MAR 1 4.10 4.29 -0.19 3.73 SINCE JAN 1 4.69 6.71 -2.02 6.06 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.3 1939 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 3.0 5.2 -2.2 0.8 SINCE JUL 1 14.3 35.9 -21.6 35.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 13 -4 17 MONTH TO DATE 261 290 -29 197 SINCE MAR 1 847 1086 -239 813 SINCE JUL 1 5250 5879 -629 4679 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 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.4 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 PM LOWEST 52 1000 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 86 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 21 2022 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. $$