685 CDUS43 KDMX 172226 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 526 PM CDT THU APR 17 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 2025... VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 76 1241 PM 86 1975 63 13 68 MINIMUM 60 228 AM 19 1907 41 19 53 AVERAGE 68 52 16 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 3.14 2013 0.14 -0.14 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.80 1.98 -1.18 1.00 SINCE MAR 1 3.47 4.15 -0.68 3.38 SINCE JAN 1 4.06 6.57 -2.51 5.71 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 8.2 1983 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 TODAY 0 14 -14 4 MONTH TO DATE 252 277 -25 180 SINCE MAR 1 838 1073 -235 796 SINCE JUL 1 5241 5866 -625 4662 COOLING TODAY 3 0 3 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 59 300 PM LOWEST 36 100 AM AVERAGE 48 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 90 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 20 1983 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. $$