National Weather Service - Des Moines, IA

KOTM 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)
1	58	84	34	57	12	1899	87	2010	0	1.31 1967
2	52	85	35	57	13	1899	86	1940	0	1.05 1983
3	51	73	35	58	11	1936	86	2011	0	1.24 1957
4	50	66	35	58	15	2002	85	1929	Trace	1.60 1911
5	42	62	36	58	18	1982	86	2000	0	1.72 1947
6	32	60	36	59	9	1982	84	1991	0	1.62 1938
7	40	52	36	59	16	2007	79	1991	0.22	0.99 1946
8	33	66	37	60	18	1972	89	1931	0	1.42 2008
9	35	65	37	60	18	1997	85	1905	0	1.63 1978
10	25	58	37	60	19	1973	92	1930	0	1.04 1995
11	24	55	38	61	20	1973	89	1930	0	1.43 1970
12	28	62	38	61	19	1940	88	1930	0	0.82 1912
13	46	54	39	61	20	1950	88	2006	0.62	1.92 1981
14	51	69	39	62	22	1950	88	2003	1.43	1.54 1960
15	59	74	39	62	19	1928	89	2002	0.12	2.00 1921
16	42	60	40	63	24	1961	88	2004	0.08	1.35 1945
17	36	66	40	63	24	1907	86	2004	Trace	1.56 2008
18	48	75	40	63	19	1983	87	1985	Trace	1.26 1927
19	46	72	41	64	26	1949	85	1985	0.33	1.93 1993
20	37	53	41	64	27	1953	90	1987	Trace	3.25 1905
21	32	54	42	64	25	1934	89	1980	0.07	1.38 1972
22	38	59	42	65	25	1936	89	1980	0.33	1.09 1948
23	37	63	42	65	26	1927	86	1960	Trace	2.04 1955
24	43	79	43	65	24	1910	88	1989	0	2.10 2007
25	50	80	43	66	23	1934	89	1986	Trace	3.09 1904
26	49	68	44	66	29	1926	88	1989	0	1.12 1969
27	44	56	44	66	25	1933	86	1981	0.24	1.84 2002
28	43	57	44	67	28	1928	90	1970	0.01	0.99 1981
29	44	50	45	67	28	2008	92	1910	0.60	1.09 2006
30	47	61	45	67	27	1908	95	1926	0	1.39 1997
Average	42.1	64.6	39.6	62.3					4.05 Normal = 3.40

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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