CDUS43 KDMX 060628 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 128 AM CDT SUN APR 06 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5 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 48 432 PM 86 2000 58 -10 58 MINIMUM 35 1159 PM 16 1982 37 -2 30 AVERAGE 42 48 -6 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.22 1965 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.79 0.50 0.29 0.33 SINCE MAR 1 3.46 2.67 0.79 2.71 SINCE JAN 1 4.05 5.09 -1.04 5.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.6 1982 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 3.0 4.7 -1.7 0.8 SINCE JUL 1 14.3 35.4 -21.1 35.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 18 5 21 MONTH TO DATE 95 92 3 102 SINCE MAR 1 681 888 -207 718 SINCE JUL 1 5084 5681 -597 4584 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.9 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 500 AM LOWEST 30 500 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 88 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 10 1982 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 6 2025.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT APRIL 7 2025.........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$