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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
531 PM CDT WED APR 09 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 9 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         67    314 PM  86    1977  60      7       68       
  MINIMUM         41    558 AM  19    1928  38      3       38       
                                      1997                           
  AVERAGE         54                        49      5       53     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  TODAY            0.00          1.54 1919   0.11  -0.11     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.79                      0.95  -0.16     0.48     
  SINCE MAR 1      3.46                      3.12   0.34     2.86     
  SINCE JAN 1      4.05                      5.54  -1.49     5.19     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  TODAY            0.0          90.0  2021   0.1   -0.1      0.0      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.5   -0.5      0.5      
  SINCE MAR 1      3.0                       4.9   -1.9      0.8      
  SINCE JUL 1     14.3                      35.6  -21.3     35.0      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 

DEGREE DAYS                                                           
 HEATING                                                              
  TODAY           11                        16     -5       12        
  MONTH TO DATE  179                       159     20      148        
  SINCE MAR 1    765                       955   -190      764        
  SINCE JUL 1   5168                      5748   -580     4630        

 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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.9                                        


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    60           700 AM                                      
 LOWEST     34           400 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    47                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        92      1930                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        20      1989                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
APRIL  9 2025.........SUNRISE   644 AM CDT   SUNSET   749 PM CDT     
APRIL 10 2025.........SUNRISE   642 AM CDT   SUNSET   750 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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