Climatological Report (Daily) Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CDUS43 KDMX 022229
CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
529 PM CDT TUE APR 02 2024
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2 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 48 334 PM 87 1981 57 -9 74
MINIMUM 34 952 AM 15 1970 36 -2 37
AVERAGE 41 47 -6 56
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.26 0.75 2006 0.09 0.17 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.33 0.19 0.14 T
SINCE MAR 1 2.71 2.36 0.35 1.33
SINCE JAN 1 5.04 4.78 0.26 4.98
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.5 4.5 1975 0.0 0.5 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.1
SINCE MAR 1 0.8 4.5 -3.7 10.4
SINCE JUL 1 35.0 35.2 -0.2 33.1
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 24 19 5 9
MONTH TO DATE 43 38 5 32
SINCE MAR 1 659 834 -175 874
SINCE JUL 1 4525 5627 -1102 5463
COOLING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE MAR 1 0 2 -2 0
SINCE JAN 1 0 2 -2 0
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.7
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
LIGHT SNOW
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 100 AM
LOWEST 60 400 PM
AVERAGE 79
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 87 2011
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 9 1975
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 2 2024.........SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT
APRIL 3 2024.........SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 743 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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