Records for Des Moines Area, Iowa (DSMthr) on 03-11
  Record Highs
  
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      1:  82°F (1972)
    
 
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      2:  72°F (1887)
    
 
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      3:  70°F (2016)
    
 
  
 
  Record Lows
  
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      1:  -12°F (1948)
    
 
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      2:  -2°F (1998)
    
 
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      3:  2°F (1969)
    
 
  
 
  Lowest Highs
  
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      1:  59°F (1990)
    
 
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      2:  49°F (1977)
    
 
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      3:  45°F (1966)
    
 
  
 
  Highest Lows
  
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      1:  7°F (1948)
    
 
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      2:  11°F (1998)
    
 
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      3:  21°F (1984)
    
 
  
 
  Highest March temperature:
  
  91°F on 03-29-1986.
  Lowest March temperature:
  
  -22°F on 03-01-1962.
  Average temperature is 37.2°F
  Average high is 46.7°F
  Average low is 27.7°F
 
  Temperature data from 1878 to 2022.
  Record Precipitation
  
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      1:  1.29" (1977)
    
 
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      2:  1.01" (1881)
    
 
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      3:  0.85" (1920)
    
 
  
 
  Precipitation data from 1878 to 2022.