National Weather Service - Des Moines, IA

KMCW 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)	Observed Snow Fall (inches)	Record Snow Fall (inches)
1	19	35	29	51	7	1924	86	2010	0	0.71 1927	0	6.0 1927
2	18	39	30	51	11	1899	83	1981	0	1.29 2006	0	2.0 1979
3	20	46	30	52	9	1954	79	1921	0	1.38 1974	0	7.0 1945
4	31	55	31	53	9	1995	82	2005	Trace	1.10 1928	0	7.5 1945
5	27	49	31	53	10	1926	84	1991	0	1.21 1999	0	3.0 1906
6	38	61	31	54	6	1982	89	1991	0.11	1.15 1938	0	12.0 1938
7	33	55	32	54	10	1936	80	1991	Trace	1.80 1919	0	11.2 2003
8	42	63	32	55	12	1997	85	1931	0.42	1.50 1896	0	5.5 1896
9	36	42	32	55	10	1928	84	1977	2.16	2.16 2013	0	11.0 1973
10	32	36	33	56	18	1960	90	1930	0.19	1.40 2008	0	1.5 1929
11	32	40	33	56	16	1940	84	1968	0.75	1.74 2001	0.6	6.2 2007
12	29	34	34	57	16	1939	84	1985	Trace	1.38 2010	0.1	2.0 1952
13	28	42	34	57	18	1950	86	2006	0	1.10 1912	0	1.5 1928
14	33	53	34	58	17	1928	89	2003	1.60	1.60 2013	0	8.3 1949
15	32	45	35	58	6	1928	91	2002	0.02	1.29 1992	0	3.2 1993
16	28	50	35	59	18	1928	88	2004	0	1.50 2006	0	0.5 1928
17	35	39	36	59	18	1907	88	1985	0.88	1.25 1976	0	5.0 1939
18	31	37	36	60	18	1953	93	1985	0.33	1.24 1978	0	2.0 1939
19	28	35	36	60	18	1988	87	1985	Trace	2.74 2005	Trace	3.2 2011
20	24	43	37	61	21	1928	85	1985	0	1.70 1977	0	1.8 1993
21	34	64	37	61	19	1934	93	1980	0.27	1.63 1912	0	1.2 1988
22	33	50	38	62	21	1936	93	1980	0.50	1.76 1999	Trace	3.4 1984
23	27	41	38	62	22	1967	90	1924	Trace	2.06 1968	0	1.0 1988
24	24	53	38	63	22	1956	90	2009	0.03	1.64 1929	0
25	27	56	39	63	18	1934	89	1949	0	1.48 1994	0
26	40	73	39	63	23	2002	87	1962	0	2.14 1988	0	4.6 1988
27	42	70	40	64	23	1934	87	1981	0	2.00 1975	0
28	45	77	40	64	25	1928	92	1970	0	1.32 1963	0	1.7 1917
29	52	73	40	65	22	2008	91	2007	0.22	1.83 1984	0	13.0 1917
30	50	74	41	65	24	1908	89	2007	0.78	1.72 1997	0	1.0 1909
Average	32.3	51.0	35.0	58.4					8.26 Normal = 3.75		0.7 Normal = 2.7

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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