Records for Des Moines Area, Iowa (DSMthr) on 03-10
  Record Highs
  
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      1:  75°F (2021)
    
 
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      2:  75°F (1917)
    
 
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      3:  72°F (1967)
    
 
  
 
  Record Lows
  
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      1:  -6°F (1948)
    
 
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      2:  0°F (1998)
    
 
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      3:  1°F (1965)
    
 
  
 
  Lowest Highs
  
    - 
      1:  48°F (1902)
    
 
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      2:  44°F (1990)
    
 
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      3:  44°F (1977)
    
 
  
 
  Highest Lows
  
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      1:  2°F (1948)
    
 
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      2:  14°F (1998)
    
 
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      3:  17°F (1979)
    
 
  
 
  Highest March temperature:
  
  91°F on 03-29-1986.
  Lowest March temperature:
  
  -22°F on 03-01-1962.
  Average temperature is 36.8°F
  Average high is 46.2°F
  Average low is 27.3°F
 
  Temperature data from 1878 to 2022.
  Record Precipitation
  
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      1:  1.11" (1901)
    
 
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      2:  0.86" (1990)
    
 
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      3:  0.79" (1951)
    
 
  
 
  Precipitation data from 1878 to 2022.