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AFOS product CF6DSM
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Product Timestamp: 2026-05-01 14:55 UTC
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CXUS53 KDMX 011455
CF6DSM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: DES MOINES IA
MONTH: APRIL
YEAR: 2026
LATITUDE: 41 31 N
LONGITUDE: 93 39 W
TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND
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1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
12Z AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR
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1 49 41 45 -1 20 0 0.04 0.0 0 15.9 24 80 M M 9 1 36 100
2 59 40 50 3 15 0 1.26 0.0 0 12.6 26 300 M M 10 13 37 280
3 54 37 46 -1 19 0 0.87 0.0 0 11.7 26 280 M M 10 13 32 280
4 45 36 41 -6 24 0 0.00 0.0 0 18.4 32 300 M M 8 46 280
5 60 32 46 -2 19 0 0.00 0.0 0 13.4 23 310 M M 1 32 300
6 49 38 44 -4 21 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.4 18 350 M M 8 25 340
7 44 34 39 -9 26 0 T T 0 13.6 24 140 M M 9 45 33 140
8 75 42 59 10 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 18.1 38 220 M M 7 52 210
9 56 43 50 1 15 0 1.48 0.0 0 7.3 18 120 M M 8 13 25 30
10 54 36 45 -4 20 0 T 0.0 0 7.7 15 20 M M 6 25 30
11 61 43 52 2 13 0 T 0.0 0 12.3 21 160 M M 9 27 120
12 70 60 65 15 0 0 0.12 0.0 0 15.6 29 210 M M 9 1 43 220
13 82 61 72 22 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 14.4 24 190 M M 6 35 200
14 88 64 76 25 0 11 0.02 0.0 0 12.5 31 230 M M 6 3 42 240
15 79 58 69 18 0 4 1.27 0.0 0 8.7 23 310 M M 7 13 38 310
16 82 50 66 14 0 1 0.00 0.0 0 9.2 22 220 M M 1 29 220
17 82 43 63 11 2 0 0.07 0.0 0 17.2 32 310 M M 6 35 45 300
18 53 33 43 -9 22 0 0.00 0.0 0 18.3 30 290 M M 2 42 290
19 57 34 46 -6 19 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.6 23 310 M M 3 33 320
20 70 34 52 -1 13 0 0.00 0.0 0 13.4 30 160 M M 3 44 140
21 84 58 71 18 0 6 0.00 0.0 0 13.4 23 260 M M 3 32 230
22 77 60 69 15 0 4 0.00 0.0 0 13.4 23 200 M M 3 35 200
23 75 56 66 12 0 1 0.87 0.0 0 16.3 40 320 M M 8 13 59 290
24 64 45 55 1 10 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.7 16 330 M M 3 27 350
25 72 46 59 4 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.1 17 100 M M 6 23 130
26 72 53 63 8 2 0 0.17 0.0 0 12.3 28 160 M M 8 13 42 150
27 72 48 60 5 5 0 0.59 0.0 0 16.9 31 300 M M 9 13 42 290
28 56 44 50 -6 15 0 T 0.0 0 10.2 26 310 M M 9 33 310
29 60 44 52 -4 13 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.7 17 340 M M 7 27 300
30 56 42 49 -7 16 0 0.07 0.0 0 7.5 20 320 M M 7 1 27 300
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SM 1957 1355 321 34 6.83 T 373.8 M 191
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AV 65.2 45.2 12.5 FASTST M M 6 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> 40 320 59 290
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NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2
STATION: DES MOINES IA
MONTH: APRIL
YEAR: 2026
LATITUDE: 41 31 N
LONGITUDE: 93 39 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 55.2 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 6.83 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 3.9 DPTR FM NORMAL: 2.81 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 88 ON 14 GRTST 24HR 1.48 ON 9- 9 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 32 ON 5 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: T 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR T ON 7- 7 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
GRTST DEPTH: 0 7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM:
VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS
8 = SMOKE OR HAZE
[NO. OF DAYS WITH] [WEATHER - DAYS WITH] 9 = BLOWING SNOW
X = TORNADO
MAX 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 12
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 8
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 1 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 6
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 3
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 321 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 6
DPTR FM NORMAL -100 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 15
TOTAL FM JUL 1 5196 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 9
DPTR FM NORMAL -815
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 34
DPTR FM NORMAL 24 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 44 HIGHEST SLP 30.44 ON 7
DPTR FM NORMAL 32 LOWEST SLP 29.34 ON 27
[REMARKS]
#FINAL-04-26#