CDUS43 KDMX 210638 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 138 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2026 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2026 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 70 601 PM 86 1980 64 6 52 1987 MINIMUM 34 421 AM 21 1888 42 -8 43 AVERAGE 52 53 -1 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.41 1893 0.15 -0.15 0.97 MONTH TO DATE 5.13 2.41 2.72 2.40 SINCE MAR 1 7.44 4.58 2.86 5.07 SINCE JAN 1 9.04 7.00 2.04 5.66 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.5 1959 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.9 -0.9 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 3.5 5.3 -1.8 3.0 SINCE JUL 1 30.1 36.0 -5.9 14.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 12 1 17 MONTH TO DATE 254 315 -61 294 SINCE MAR 1 827 1111 -284 880 SINCE JUL 1 5129 5904 -775 5283 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 23 0 23 5 SINCE MAR 1 33 2 31 10 SINCE JAN 1 33 2 31 10 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.4 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 64 500 AM LOWEST 32 1200 PM AVERAGE 48 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 91 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 24 1966 SUNRISEAND SUNSET APRIL 21 2026.........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT APRIL 22 2026.........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$