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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
527 PM CDT THU APR 20 2023
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 2023
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2023
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 62 1042 AM 86 1980 64 -2 49
1987
MINIMUM 47 1250 PM 21 1888 42 5 43
AVERAGE 55 53 2 46
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.65 1.41 1893 0.15 0.50 0.21
MONTH TO DATE 2.47 2.41 0.06 1.12
SINCE MAR 1 3.80 4.58 -0.78 4.57
SINCE JAN 1 7.45 7.00 0.45 6.23
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 3.5 1959 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.1 0.9 -0.8 1.4
SINCE MAR 1 10.4 5.3 5.1 10.2
SINCE JUL 1 33.1 36.0 -2.9 36.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 10 12 -2 19
MONTH TO DATE 222 315 -93 425
SINCE MAR 1 1064 1111 -47 1223
SINCE JUL 1 5653 5904 -251 5715
COOLING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 16 0 16 0
SINCE MAR 1 16 2 14 0
SINCE JAN 1 16 2 14 0
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 600 AM
LOWEST 63 400 PM
AVERAGE 80
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 91 1980
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 24 1966
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 20 2023.........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT
APRIL 21 2023.........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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