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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
527 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 13 2024...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.

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)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         85    158 PM  89    1883  61     24       83
                                      2006
  MINIMUM         44    552 AM  11    1881  40      4       56
  AVERAGE         65                        50     15       70

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          1.69 2014   0.13  -0.13     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.53                      1.44  -0.91     0.72
  SINCE MAR 1      2.91                      3.61  -0.70     2.05
  SINCE JAN 1      5.24                      6.03  -0.79     5.70

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           3.3  1952   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.5                       0.6   -0.1      0.1
  SINCE MAR 1      0.8                       5.0   -4.2     10.4
  SINCE JUL 1     35.0                      35.7   -0.7     33.1
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            0                        15    -15        0
  MONTH TO DATE  176                       221    -45      137
  SINCE MAR 1    792                      1017   -225      979
  SINCE JUL 1   4658                      5810  -1152     5568

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        5
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0       12
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         2     -2       12
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         2     -2       12
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.1


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    56           400 AM
 LOWEST     28           200 PM
 AVERAGE    42

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        87      2003
                                             2006
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        19      1907


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 13 2024.........SUNRISE   637 AM CDT   SUNSET   754 PM CDT
APRIL 14 2024.........SUNRISE   635 AM CDT   SUNSET   755 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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