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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
532 PM CDT WED APR 02 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2 2025...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2025


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST      
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL           
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                          
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         70   1217 PM  87    1981  57     13       51       
  MINIMUM         45    425 AM  15    1970  36      9       34       
  AVERAGE         58                        47     11       43     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  TODAY            0.78R         0.75 2006   0.09   0.69     0.26     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.79                      0.19   0.60     0.33     
  SINCE MAR 1      3.46                      2.36   1.10     2.71     
  SINCE JAN 1      4.05                      4.78  -0.73     5.04     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  TODAY            0.0           4.5  1975   0.0    0.0      0.5      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.5      
  SINCE MAR 1      3.0                       4.5   -1.5      0.8      
  SINCE JUL 1     14.3                      35.2  -20.9     35.0      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 

DEGREE DAYS                                                           
 HEATING                                                              
  TODAY            7                        19    -12       22        
  MONTH TO DATE   30                        38     -8       41        
  SINCE MAR 1    616                       834   -218      657        
  SINCE JUL 1   5019                      5627   -608     4523        

 COOLING                                                              
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0        
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0        
  SINCE MAR 1      5                         2      3        0        
  SINCE JAN 1      5                         2      3        0        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    41   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    56   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    18.3                                        


WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                             
  THUNDERSTORM                                                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                          
  RAIN                                                                
  LIGHT RAIN                                                          
  FOG                                                                 


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           400 AM                                      
 LOWEST     49          1200 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    75                                                        

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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 2025.........SUNRISE   655 AM CDT   SUNSET   741 PM CDT     
APRIL  3 2025.........SUNRISE   654 AM CDT   SUNSET   742 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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