Iowa Monthly Weather Summary – April 2025
General Summary
Statewide temperatures averaged 50.0 degrees or 1.4 degrees above normal while precipitation totaled 3.33 inches, 0.34 inch below normal. April 2025 ties 1913 and 1952 as the 57th warmest and ties 1877 as the 55th wettest/98th driest in 153 years of statewide records; 2024 was warmer and wetter while 2023 was drier.
Justin M. Glisan, Ph.D.
State Climatologist of Iowa
Iowa Dept. of Agriculture & Land Stewardship
Wallace State Office Bldg.
Des Moines, IA 50319
Telephone; (515) 281-8981
E-mail: Justin.Glisan@IowaAgriculture.gov
Weather by Districts
| TEMPERATURE (F) | HEATING DEGREE DAYS | PRECIPITATION (inches) | |||||||||
| SNOWFALL | |||||||||||
| April 2025 | April 2025 | Since Jul., 1, 2024 | April 2025 | Since Jan.1, 2025 | Apr 2025 | ||||||
| DISTRICT | Average | Departure* | Average | Departure* | Average | Departure* | Average | Departure* | Average | Departure* | Average |
| Northwest | 48.0 | +1.2 | 510 | -39 | 6559 | -600 | 4.62 | +1.37 | 5.31 | -1.16 | 0.0 |
| North Central | 47.8 | +1.1 | 516 | -36 | 6618 | -598 | 4.32 | +0.55 | 8.51 | +0.88 | 0.0 |
| Northeast | 46.8 | +0.2 | 546 | -6 | 6534 | -550 | 4.11 | +0.20 | 7.91 | -0.39 | 0.0 |
| West Central | 50.0 | +1.2 | 450 | -40 | 6069 | -538 | 2.93 | -0.51 | 6.18 | -0.81 | 0.0 |
| Central | 50.3 | +1.4 | 441 | -45 | 6023 | -572 | 3.61 | -0.18 | 7.25 | -0.58 | 0.0 |
| East Central | 51.0 | +1.8 | 420 | -57 | 5875 | -553 | 4.79 | +1.01 | 6.72 | -1.93 | 0.0 |
| Southwest | 51.9 | +1.3 | 398 | -38 | 5639 | -440 | 2.60 | -0.91 | 5.26 | -2.17 | 0.0 |
| South Central | 52.5 | +1.8 | 380 | -52 | 5556 | -497 | 3.92 | +0.03 | 6.37 | -1.94 | 0.0 |
| Southeast | 52.9 | +1.9 | 369 | -55 | 5513 | -449 | 6.79 | +3.08 | 6.64 | -2.34 | 0.0 |
| STATE | 50.0 | +1.4 | 447 | -42 | 6032 | -546 | 4.16 | +0.49 | 6.72 | -1.08 | 0.0 |
* Departures are computed from 1991-2020 normals.
The weather data in this report are based upon information collected by the U. S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA National Weather Service.
