CDUS43 KDMX 230630 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 130 AM CDT TUE APR 23 2024 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2024 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 71 538 PM 93 1980 64 7 42 MINIMUM 41 532 AM 26 1986 43 -2 33 AVERAGE 56 54 2 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.56 1950 0.15 -0.15 T MONTH TO DATE 1.35 2.71 -1.36 2.47 SINCE MAR 1 3.73 4.88 -1.15 3.80 SINCE JAN 1 6.06 7.30 -1.24 7.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1992 0.0 0.0 T 2023 MONTH TO DATE 0.5 1.0 -0.5 0.1 SINCE MAR 1 0.8 5.4 -4.6 10.4 SINCE JUL 1 35.0 36.1 -1.1 33.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 12 -3 27 MONTH TO DATE 266 339 -73 275 SINCE MAR 1 882 1135 -253 1117 SINCE JUL 1 4748 5928 -1180 5706 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 16 0 16 16 SINCE MAR 1 16 2 14 16 SINCE JAN 1 16 2 14 16 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.5 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 53 600 AM LOWEST 30 300 PM AVERAGE 42 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 85 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 25 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 23 2024.........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT APRIL 24 2024.........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$