IEM Daily Feature
Monday, 24 April 2017

Coldest Wind Chill

Posted: 24 Apr 2017 05:34 AM

While the cold periods this past winter season have been limited, the coldest wind chill reported for Des Moines was as cold as we have seen this past decade at about -30. Thankfully, there is no chance of having a colder temperature this spring. The top panel displays an accumulated histogram for the coldest temperature. The -30F this year is at about 70th percentile, so roughly seven out of ten years have had a colder minimum wind chill temperature.

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