Records for Des Moines Area, Iowa (DSMthr) on 04-01
  Record Highs
  
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      1:  87°F (2003)
    
 
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      2:  86°F (2012)
    
 
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      3:  86°F (2010)
    
 
  
 
  Record Lows
  
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      1:  11°F (1881)
    
 
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      2:  16°F (1924)
    
 
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      3:  17°F (1899)
    
 
  
 
  Lowest Highs
  
    - 
      1:  59°F (2012)
    
 
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      2:  59°F (1946)
    
 
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      3:  58°F (2010)
    
 
  
 
  Highest Lows
  
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      1:  26°F (1936)
    
 
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      2:  29°F (1975)
    
 
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      3:  30°F (1881)
    
 
  
 
  Highest April temperature:
  
  93°F on 04-22-1980.
  Lowest April temperature:
  
  9°F on 04-03-1975.
  Average temperature is 46.2°F
  Average high is 56.8°F
  Average low is 35.5°F
 
  Temperature data from 1878 to 2022.
  Record Precipitation
  
    - 
      1:  0.96" (1920)
    
 
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      2:  0.96" (1897)
    
 
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      3:  0.67" (1979)
    
 
  
 
  Precipitation data from 1878 to 2022.