National Weather Service - Des Moines, IA

KDSM April, 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)	Record Snow Fall (inches)
1	24	41	36	57	11	1881	87	2003	0	0.96 1920
2	22	49	36	57	15	1970	87	1981	0	0.75 2006
3	29	53	36	57	9	1975	87	2011	0	1.93 1945
4	32	65	37	58	13	1899	89	1929	0	1.16 1947
5	35	63	37	58	16	1982	86	2000	0	1.22 1965
6	49	71	37	59	10	1982	88	1991	Trace	1.56 1938
7	35	70	38	59	16	2007	80	1991	Trace	1.22 2011
8	47	74	38	60	20	1972	87	1931	0.22	1.17 1904
9	43	70	39	60	19	1997	86	1977	0.61	1.54 1919
10	40	43	39	60	20	1989	92	1930	1.18	1.69 1887
11	37	42	39	61	20	1940	87	1930	0.19	2.00 2005
12	35	41	40	61	18	1940	87	1916	Trace	0.93 1909
13	30	54	40	62	11	1881	89	2006	Trace	0.80 1892
14	45	70	41	62	19	1907	87	2006	0.15	3.43 2012
15	39	49	41	62	20	1928	87	2002	0.01	1.85 1982
16	33	53	41	63	21	1905	90	1898	0	1.32 1900
17	42	50	42	63	19	1907	86	1975	3.14	3.14 2013
18	35	43	42	63	20	1983	90	1985	0.72	2.55 1991
19	31	46	43	64	25	1928	86	1987	Trace	1.29 1959
20	26	50	43	64	21	1888	86	1987	0	2.64 2004
21	43	69	43	65	24	1966	91	1980	0.15	1.66 1984
22	37	68	44	65	26	1986	93	1980	0.16	1.56 1950
23	33	45	44	65	25	1956	85	1990	Trace	2.95 1897
24	28	56	44	66	24	1967	89	1989	Trace	1.46 1897
25	32	63	45	66	28	1934	90	2012	0	1.79 1904
26	48	68	45	66	25	1907	89	1989	0	2.68 2009
27	44	69	46	67	28	1950	88	1989	0	1.64 1990
28	45	76	46	67	30	1950	91	1910	0	3.80 1974
29	56	82	46	67	24	1958	92	1910	Trace	1.71 1984
30	60	86	47	68	29	1908	92	1926	0	2.58 1986
Average	37.8	59.3	41.2	62.4					6.53 Normal = 3.86

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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