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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
528 PM CDT THU APR 03 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 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           
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                          
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         54    354 PM  87    2011  58     -4       55       
  MINIMUM         37    652 AM   9    1975  36      1       36       
  AVERAGE         46                        47     -1       46     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  TODAY            0.00          1.93 1945   0.10  -0.10      T       
  MONTH TO DATE    0.79                      0.29   0.50     0.33     
  SINCE MAR 1      3.46                      2.46   1.00     2.71     
  SINCE JAN 1      4.05                      4.88  -0.83     5.04     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  TODAY            0.0           3.9  1950   0.1   -0.1       T       
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.5      
  SINCE MAR 1      3.0                       4.6   -1.6      0.8      
  SINCE JUL 1     14.3                      35.3  -21.0     35.0      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 

DEGREE DAYS                                                           
 HEATING                                                              
  TODAY           19                        18      1       19        
  MONTH TO DATE   50                        56     -6       60        
  SINCE MAR 1    636                       852   -216      676        
  SINCE JUL 1   5039                      5645   -606     4542        

 COOLING                                                              
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0        
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0        
  SINCE MAR 1      5                         2      3        0        
  SINCE JAN 1      5                         2      3        0        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.4                                        


WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                             
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                                  


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    78           500 AM                                      
 LOWEST     49           400 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    64                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        89      1929                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        13      1881                      
                                             1899                     


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
APRIL  3 2025.........SUNRISE   654 AM CDT   SUNSET   742 PM CDT     
APRIL  4 2025.........SUNRISE   652 AM CDT   SUNSET   744 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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