CDUS43 KDMX 232226 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 526 PM CDT TUE APR 23 2024 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 2024... VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 70 235 PM 85 1990 65 5 51 MINIMUM 49 433 AM 25 1956 43 6 29 AVERAGE 60 54 6 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.95 1897 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.35 2.86 -1.51 2.47 SINCE MAR 1 3.73 5.03 -1.30 3.80 SINCE JAN 1 6.06 7.45 -1.39 7.45 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.9 1967 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 TODAY 5 12 -7 25 MONTH TO DATE 271 351 -80 300 SINCE MAR 1 887 1147 -260 1142 SINCE JUL 1 4753 5940 -1187 5731 COOLING TODAY 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 33 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 42 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 600 AM LOWEST 24 100 PM AVERAGE 48 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 89 1989 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 24 1967 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. $$