Climatological Report (Daily)
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
129 AM CDT SAT APR 27 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 26 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2024


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         67   1029 PM  89    1987  66      1       63
                                      1989
  MINIMUM         49    629 AM  25    1907  44      5       39
  AVERAGE         58                        55      3       51

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.67          2.68 2009   0.16   0.51     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    2.02                      3.34  -1.32     2.48
  SINCE MAR 1      4.40                      5.51  -1.11     3.81
  SINCE JAN 1      6.73                      7.93  -1.20     7.46

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1967   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.5                       1.1   -0.6      0.1
  SINCE MAR 1      0.8                       5.5   -4.7     10.4
  SINCE JUL 1     35.0                      36.2   -1.2     33.1
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        7                        10     -3       14
  MONTH TO DATE  296                       383    -87      344
  SINCE MAR 1    912                      1179   -267     1186
  SINCE JUL 1   4778                      5972  -1194     5775

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE   16                         0     16       16
  SINCE MAR 1     16                         2     14       16
  SINCE JAN 1     16                         2     14       16
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    37   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    54   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    17.3


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  HEAVY RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93          1200 PM
 LOWEST     50          1200 AM
 AVERAGE    72

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        88      1981
                                             1989
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        28      1950


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 27 2024.........SUNRISE   616 AM CDT   SUNSET   809 PM CDT
APRIL 28 2024.........SUNRISE   615 AM CDT   SUNSET   810 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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