Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA

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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
527 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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         58    359 PM  86    1987  63     -5       77
  MINIMUM         33    531 AM  21    2022  42     -9       53
  AVERAGE         46                        52     -6       65

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          1.29 1959   0.14  -0.14     0.63
  MONTH TO DATE    1.35                      2.26  -0.91     1.82
  SINCE MAR 1      3.73                      4.43  -0.70     3.15
  SINCE JAN 1      6.06                      6.85  -0.79     6.80

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           2.7  1959   0.1   -0.1      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           19                        13      6        0
  MONTH TO DATE  216                       303    -87      212
  SINCE MAR 1    832                      1099   -267     1054
  SINCE JUL 1   4698                      5892  -1194     5643

 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    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    41   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.5


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    79           600 AM
 LOWEST     27           400 PM
 AVERAGE    53

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        86      1980
                                             1987
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        21      1888


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 19 2024.........SUNRISE   628 AM CDT   SUNSET   800 PM CDT
APRIL 20 2024.........SUNRISE   626 AM CDT   SUNSET   801 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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