National Weather Service - Des Moines, IA

KMCW April, 2012
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	39	71	29	51	7	1924	86	2010	0	0.71 1927
2	47	75	30	51	11	1899	83	1981	0	1.29 2006
3	50	61	30	52	9	1954	79	1921	0	1.38 1974
4	40	66	31	53	9	1995	82	2005	0	1.10 1928
5	35	61	31	53	10	1926	84	1991	0	1.21 1999
6	31	61	31	54	6	1982	89	1991	0	1.15 1938
7	37	61	32	54	10	1936	80	1991	0.05	1.80 1919
8	34	64	32	55	12	1997	85	1931	0	1.50 1896
9	28	57	32	55	10	1928	84	1977	0	1.00 1922
10	21	49	33	56	18	1960	90	1930	0	1.40 2008
11	18	55	33	56	16	1940	84	1968	0	1.74 2001
12	24	62	34	57	16	1939	84	1985	Trace	1.38 2010
13	45	54	34	57	18	1950	86	2006	0.06	1.10 1912
14	52	70	34	58	17	1928	89	2003	0.63	0.90 1949
15	52	75	35	58	6	1928	91	2002	0.62	1.29 1992
16	36	52	35	59	18	1928	88	2004	0.03	1.50 2006
17	28	64	36	59	18	1907	88	1985	0	1.25 1976
18	43	68	36	60	18	1953	93	1985	0.19	1.24 1978
19	38	46	36	60	18	1988	87	1985	1.44	2.74 2005
20	35	54	37	61	21	1928	85	1985	0	1.70 1977
21	31	48	37	61	19	1934	93	1980	0.17	1.63 1912
22	38	56	38	62	21	1936	93	1980	0.03	1.76 1999
23	33	64	38	62	22	1967	90	1924	0	2.06 1968
24	42	78	38	63	22	1956	90	2009	Trace	1.64 1929
25	52	82	39	63	18	1934	89	1949	0	1.48 1994
26	44	61	39	63	23	2002	87	1962	0	2.14 1988
27	40	57	40	64	23	1934	87	1981	0.12	2.00 1975
28	38	46	40	64	25	1928	92	1970	0.26	1.32 1963
29	42	52	40	65	22	2008	91	2007	0.41	1.83 1984
30	45	64	41	65	24	1908	89	2007	0	1.72 1997
Average	37.9	61.1	35.0	58.4					4.01 Normal = 3.75

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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