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Des Moines, Iowa
Average Temperature Rankings, April 1979
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| Period | Value | 1981-2010 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1945-2019) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
April 1979 1-Month |
48.3°F (9.1°C) | 52.7°F (11.5°C) |
-4.4°F (-2.4°C) | 11th Coolest | Coolest since: 1975 | 2018 |
| 64th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 1977 | ||||
|
Mar–Apr 1979 2-Month |
42.5°F (5.8°C) | 46.6°F (8.1°C) |
-4.1°F (-2.3°C) | 14th Coolest | Coolest since: 1975 | 1965 |
| 61st Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1961, 1982 | ||||||
|
Feb–Apr 1979 3-Month |
33.4°F (0.8°C) | 40.6°F (4.8°C) |
-7.2°F (-4.0°C) | 3rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1965 | 1965 |
| 72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jan–Apr 1979 4-Month |
27.3°F (-2.6°C) | 36.4°F (2.4°C) |
-9.1°F (-5.0°C) | 1st Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1979 |
| 72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2012 | ||||
|
Dec 1978–Apr 1979 5-Month |
26.7°F (-2.9°C) | 34.5°F (1.4°C) |
-7.8°F (-4.3°C) | 1st Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1979 |
| 72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2012 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Apr 1979 6-Month |
29.0°F (-1.7°C) | 35.5°F (1.9°C) |
-6.5°F (-3.6°C) | 1st Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1979 |
| 72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2012 | ||||
|
Oct 1978–Apr 1979 7-Month |
32.5°F (0.3°C) | 38.1°F (3.4°C) |
-5.6°F (-3.1°C) | 1st Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1979 |
| 72nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2012 | ||||
|
Sep 1978–Apr 1979 8-Month |
37.4°F (3.0°C) | 41.7°F (5.4°C) |
-4.3°F (-2.4°C) | 2nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1962 | 1962 |
| 71st Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2017 | ||||
|
Aug 1978–Apr 1979 9-Month |
41.8°F (5.4°C) | 45.5°F (7.5°C) |
-3.7°F (-2.1°C) | 4th Coolest | Coolest since: 1978 | 1962 |
| 69th Warmest | Warmest since: 1977 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jul 1978–Apr 1979 10-Month |
45.3°F (7.4°C) | 48.6°F (9.2°C) |
-3.3°F (-1.8°C) | 2nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1962 | 1962 |
| 71st Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 1951 | ||||||
|
Jun 1978–Apr 1979 11-Month |
47.9°F (8.8°C) | 50.8°F (10.4°C) |
-2.9°F (-1.6°C) | 4th Coolest | Coolest since: 1965 | 1962 |
| 68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1993 | ||||||
|
May 1978–Apr 1979 12-Month |
49.2°F (9.6°C) | 51.9°F (11.1°C) |
-2.7°F (-1.5°C) | 4th Coolest | Coolest since: 1969 | 1962 |
| 68th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2012, 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1993 | ||||||
|
Nov 1977–Apr 1979 18-Month |
42.7°F (5.9°C) | 46.4°F (8.0°C) |
-3.7°F (-2.1°C) | 1st Coolest | Coolest to Date | 1979 |
| 69th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2017 | ||||
|
May 1977–Apr 1979 24-Month |
49.7°F (9.8°C) | 51.9°F (11.1°C) |
-2.2°F (-1.3°C) | 4th Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1952 |
| 65th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1969 | ||||||
|
May 1976–Apr 1979 36-Month |
50.0°F (10.0°C) | 51.8°F (11.0°C) |
-1.8°F (-1.0°C) | 4th Coolest | Coolest since: 1970 | 1970 |
| 63rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1953, 1969 | ||||||
|
May 1975–Apr 1979 48-Month |
51.1°F (10.6°C) | 51.9°F (11.1°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.5°C) | 23rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1975 | 1962, 1970 |
| 42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2002 | ||||
| Ties: 1950, 1995 | ||||||
|
May 1974–Apr 1979 60-Month |
50.9°F (10.5°C) | 51.8°F (11.0°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 16th Coolest | Coolest since: 1973 | 1962, 1997 |
| 47th Warmest | Warmest since: 1978 | 2002, 2006 | ||||
| Ties: 1954, 1960 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published October 2019, retrieved on October 18, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/