National Weather Service - Des Moines, IA

KDSM March, 2013
Date	Observed Low (F)	Observed High (F)	Normal Low (F)	Normal High (F)	Record Low (F)	Year	Record High (F)	Year	Observed Precipitation (inches)	Record Precipitation (inches)	Observed Snow Fall (inches)	Record Snow Fall (inches)
1	26	30	24	42	-22	1962	77	1992	0.01	1.14 1991	0.4	7.2 1948
2	18	32	24	42	-10	1913	75	1983	0	1.87 1970	0	7.5 1965
3	22	36	25	43	-6	1884	81	1983	0.02	1.16 1923	Trace	5.3 1896
4	29	39	25	43	-9	1978	76	1921	0.01	1.26 1976	0.2	4.4 2003
5	27	33	26	44	-15	1960	74	2009	0.07	0.91 1946	0.9	7.9 1915
6	20	33	26	44	-6	1960	74	2012	Trace	0.95 1983	Trace	5.5 1948
7	18	35	26	45	-5	1996	79	2000	0	2.11 1990	0	4.5 1891
8	26	44	27	45	-3	1996	78	1977	0.08	0.95 2009	0	11.1 1999
9	38	44	27	46	-4	1912	72	1990	0.42	1.01 1909	0	8.6 1909
10	32	40	28	46	-6	1948	75	1917	0.51	1.11 1901	2.1	6.0 1901
11	23	32	28	47	-12	1948	82	1972	0.04	1.29 1977	0.9	3.6 1951
12	20	35	28	47	-11	1948	77	1916	Trace	0.95 1986	Trace	4.4 1951
13	18	33	29	48	2	1993	77	2012	0	1.55 1913	0	4.5 1904
14	28	52	29	48	-3	1880	81	2012	0.01	1.50 1945	0	6.2 1912
15	32	63	29	49	0	1890	81	2012	0	2.44 1919	0	15.6 2004
16	28	39	30	49	-4	1900	84	2012	0	0.86 1942	0	3.1 2001
17	23	41	30	50	0	1909	83	2012	Trace	1.16 1991	Trace	4.2 1984
18	22	36	31	50	-3	1923	83	2012	0.12	1.57 1922	1.7	8.5 1923
19	18	41	31	51	-10	1923	81	2012	Trace	1.27 1982	Trace	5.4 1970
20	16	30	31	51	4	1906	79	1938	Trace	1.28 1912	Trace	10.8 1912
21	14	38	32	52	2	1951	86	1938	0	0.71 1884	0	4.3 2006
22	20	39	32	52	1	1912	84	1988	Trace	1.02 2011	Trace	4.0 1903
23	29	41	32	52	4	1965	86	1910	0.09	1.25 2009	0.9	3.8 1897
24	28	32	33	53	1	1974	83	1967	0.13	1.19 1945	2.2	2.8 1957
25	28	37	33	53	3	1955	88	1907	0.03	1.23 1920	0.3	5.9 1957
26	23	38	33	54	-1	1964	87	1991	0	1.43 1882	0	7.3 1983
27	25	47	34	54	6	1964	80	2012	0	1.01 1975	0	3.5 1887
28	31	58	34	55	9	1970	82	1910	0	1.47 1987	0	7.2 1886
29	35	64	34	55	6	1969	91	1986	0	0.98 1976	0	3.7 1954
30	44	61	35	56	6	1964	83	1968	0.13	1.88 1998	0	4.2 1901
31	33	55	35	56	13	1923	84	1978	Trace	1.36 1973	Trace	2.9 1985
Average	25.6	41.2	29.7	49.1					1.67 Normal = 2.30		9.6 Normal = 5.2

The special shading of colors in the Observed High/Low and Record High/Low/Year columns depict
observed monthly extremes and record monthly extremes and the years in which they occurred.

(The above data is unofficial and may contain errors.)
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