Records for Des Moines Area, Iowa (DSMthr) on 04-18
  Record Highs
  
    - 
      1:  90°F (1985)
    
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      2:  89°F (1994)
    
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      3:  86°F (2002)
    
 
  Record Lows
  
    - 
      1:  20°F (1983)
    
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      2:  23°F (1953)
    
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      3:  27°F (2022)
    
 
  Lowest Highs
  
    - 
      1:  65°F (2004)
    
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      2:  64°F (1985)
    
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      3:  62°F (1955)
    
 
  Highest Lows
  
    - 
      1:  38°F (1939)
    
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      2:  40°F (2018)
    
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      3:  40°F (1907)
    
 
  Highest April temperature:
  
  93°F on 04-22-1980.
  Lowest April temperature:
  
  9°F on 04-03-1975.
  Average temperature is 52.2°F
  Average high is 62.9°F
  Average low is 41.4°F
 
  Temperature data from 1878 to 2022.
  Record Precipitation
  
    - 
      1:  2.55" (1991)
    
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      2:  0.96" (1963)
    
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      3:  0.72" (2013)
    
 
  Precipitation data from 1878 to 2022.