983 CDUS43 KDMX 282230 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 530 PM CDT MON APR 28 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28 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 78 359 PM 91 1910 66 12 70 MINIMUM 57 1232 AM 30 1950 45 12 59 AVERAGE 68 56 12 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 3.80 1974 0.17 -0.17 0.23 MONTH TO DATE 3.20 3.68 -0.48 2.39 SINCE MAR 1 5.87 5.85 0.02 4.77 SINCE JAN 1 6.46 8.27 -1.81 7.10 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY MM 1.2 1950 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.2 -1.2 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 3.0 5.6 -2.6 0.8 SINCE JUL 1 14.3 36.3 -22.0 35.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 10 -10 0 MONTH TO DATE 337 403 -66 296 SINCE MAR 1 923 1199 -276 912 SINCE JUL 1 5326 5992 -666 4778 COOLING TODAY 3 0 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 0 10 18 SINCE MAR 1 15 2 13 18 SINCE JAN 1 15 2 13 18 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 33 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 48 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 700 AM LOWEST 64 400 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 92 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 24 1958 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 28 2025.........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 810 PM CDT APRIL 29 2025.........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$