Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CDUS43 KDMX 202227
CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
527 PM CDT SAT APR 20 2024
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 50 319 PM 86 1980 64 -14 62
1987
MINIMUM 33 603 AM 21 1888 42 -9 42
AVERAGE 42 53 -11 52
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.41 1893 0.15 -0.15 0.65
MONTH TO DATE 1.35 2.41 -1.06 2.47
SINCE MAR 1 3.73 4.58 -0.85 3.80
SINCE JAN 1 6.06 7.00 -0.94 7.45
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 3.5 1959 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.5 0.9 -0.4 0.1
SINCE MAR 1 0.8 5.3 -4.5 10.4
SINCE JUL 1 35.0 36.0 -1.0 33.1
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 23 12 11 13
MONTH TO DATE 239 315 -76 225
SINCE MAR 1 855 1111 -256 1067
SINCE JUL 1 4721 5904 -1183 5656
COOLING
TODAY 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 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 63 600 AM
LOWEST 39 400 PM
AVERAGE 51
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 91 1980
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 24 1966
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 20 2024.........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT
APRIL 21 2024.........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 802 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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