CDUS43 KDMX 292229 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 529 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 29 2025... VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 65 359 PM 92 1910 67 -2 68 MINIMUM 48 659 AM 24 1958 46 2 47 AVERAGE 57 56 1 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.71 1984 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.20 3.85 -0.65 2.39 SINCE MAR 1 5.87 6.02 -0.15 4.77 SINCE JAN 1 6.46 8.44 -1.98 7.10 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 7.0 1907 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.2 -1.2 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 3.0 5.6 -2.6 0.8 SINCE JUL 1 14.3 36.3 -22.0 35.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 8 10 -2 7 MONTH TO DATE 345 413 -68 303 SINCE MAR 1 931 1209 -278 919 SINCE JUL 1 5334 6002 -668 4785 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 0 10 18 SINCE MAR 1 15 2 13 18 SINCE JAN 1 15 2 13 18 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 200 AM LOWEST 21 400 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 92 1926 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 29 1903 1908 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 29 2025.........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT APRIL 30 2025.........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$