CDUS43 KDMX 070642 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 142 AM CDT MON APR 07 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 6 2025... 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 ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 56 511 PM 88 1991 59 -3 61 MINIMUM 25 556 AM 10 1982 37 -12 37 AVERAGE 41 48 -7 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.56 1938 0.11 -0.11 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 0.79 0.61 0.18 0.37 SINCE MAR 1 3.46 2.78 0.68 2.75 SINCE JAN 1 4.05 5.20 -1.15 5.08 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.6 2003 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 3.0 4.8 -1.8 0.8 SINCE JUL 1 14.3 35.5 -21.2 35.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 17 7 16 MONTH TO DATE 119 109 10 118 SINCE MAR 1 705 905 -200 734 SINCE JUL 1 5108 5698 -590 4600 COOLING YESTERDAY 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 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 74 600 AM LOWEST 25 500 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 83 2020 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 16 1936 2007 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 7 2025.........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT APRIL 8 2025.........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$