Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CDUS43 KDMX 170634
CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
134 AM CDT THU APR 17 2025
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 75 345 PM 90 1898 62 13 79
MINIMUM 40 219 AM 21 1905 41 -1 58
AVERAGE 58 52 6 69
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.32 1900 0.14 -0.14 0.46
MONTH TO DATE 0.80 1.84 -1.04 0.99
SINCE MAR 1 3.47 4.01 -0.54 3.37
SINCE JAN 1 4.06 6.43 -2.37 5.70
SNOWFALL (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.0 8.8 1921 0.1 -0.1 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 7 14 -7 0
MONTH TO DATE 252 263 -11 176
SINCE MAR 1 838 1059 -221 792
SINCE JUL 1 5241 5852 -611 4658
COOLING
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 4
MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 16
SINCE MAR 1 7 2 5 16
SINCE JAN 1 7 2 5 16
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 53 400 AM
LOWEST 17 200 PM
AVERAGE 35
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 86 1975
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 19 1907
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 17 2025.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT
APRIL 18 2025.........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 759 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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