Relocation to Des Moines
It has finally come time to let everyone know of the changes I mentioned last week, changes which will come as a surprise to many. I am very excited to announce that I have relocated to Des Moines, Iowa. I want to say I really enjoyed my time in the Cedar Rapids area and Eastern Iowa, and the reason for the move is that I am moving to peruse a new job opportunity which was offered to me there. I will be living in the City of Des Moines proper about 3 miles east of Downtown, just east of the capital building. The move its self has already taken place and there will be a change to the area I cover. I will immediately switch my blog over to Central & Southern Iowa effective immediately and changes are already seen. Below is my introductionary post to Des Moines- Central and Southern Iowa.
Downtown Des Moines February 23rd 2014
Welcome to the Des Moines Metropolitan Area! I have spent the last few months preparing for and making the move from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines. What brought this move was a new job at a garden center with in the metro where I will be working retail and customer service. This move was more calculated and not as fast as my last move was. I have actually always wanted to live in Des Moines and looked at it as a place I wanted to live when I was going to college.
Introduction to Des Moines: Des Moines is in the southern 1/3rd of Iowa on interstates 35 and 80, about 254 miles South of Minneapolis,MN and about 164 miles North of Kansas City,MO It is the capital city of Iowa and its Iowas largest city. Des Moines proper has a population of 203,000, with a metro residential population of about 480,000 Des Moines is one the fastest growing metropolitan area in Iowa and is home to the tallest building in the state.
I am looking foreword to my new adventure in Central and Southern Iowa! My blog will be focused on covering weather events as well as some forecasting as well. As the name implies there will be lots of gardening information, and photos documenting seasonal changes posted as well along with photos of the city an landscaping. My blog will focus on a very localized area which will over coverages to some of Iowas largest cities and smallest towns in South Central Iowa, which is what makes my blog stand out. My coverage area will include Des Moines, Ames, Pella, Marshalltown, Newton and Indianola as well as the small towns in between. Over the next few weeks I will begin publishing forecasts and horticultural posts will begin soon after.
Winter snowfall average map.
Like Cedar Rapids, Des Moines has hot very humid winters and snow, cold winters. However the Des Moines averages less snow and significantly more 90 degree days then Eastern Iowa. It should also be noted that there is well documented urban heating in Des Moines, and most times the 2 weather stations with in the metro, 1, the Des Moines International Airport located on the south side and the Ankney Airport on the north side always being warmer then surrounding stations. Snowfall average, according to the map above which excludes the Des Moines Airport average, Ankeny Airport Winter snowfall average is around 27″ The snowiest month is February at 7.5″ The average rainfall 35.61″ with the wettest month being June at 5.25″ For temperatures Des Moines hottest month is July with an average high of 86.F typically, on average has 1 100.F per year and 21 days above 90. The coldest month is January with an average high of 31.F Typically there area 12 days below zero.
I hope to be welcomed into the area by new viewers of Central Southern Iowa and to my faithful viewers from Eastern Iowa, thanks for visiting my blog over the past year.