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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
130 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 12 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2024


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         86   1244 PM  94    1956  71     15       78
  MINIMUM         57    456 AM  32    1946  51      6       65
  AVERAGE         72                        61     11       72

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.10          2.27 2005   0.17  -0.07     0.15
  MONTH TO DATE    2.26                      2.01   0.25     1.93
  SINCE MAR 1      7.19                      8.20  -1.01     5.80
  SINCE JAN 1      9.52                     10.62  -1.10     9.45

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SINCE MAR 1      0.8                       5.7   -4.9     10.4
  SINCE JUL 1     35.0                      36.4   -1.4     33.1
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        0                         6     -6        0
  MONTH TO DATE   48                        87    -39       42
  SINCE MAR 1    967                      1304   -337     1273
  SINCE JUL 1   4833                      6097  -1264     5862

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        7                         2      5        7
  MONTH TO DATE   14                        13      1       35
  SINCE MAR 1     32                        25      7       51
  SINCE JAN 1     32                        25      7       51
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    38   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.5


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  LIGHT RAIN
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    81          1000 PM
 LOWEST     28          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    55

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        92      1915
                                             1956
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        32      1997


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 13 2024...........SUNRISE   557 AM CDT   SUNSET   826 PM CDT
MAY 14 2024...........SUNRISE   556 AM CDT   SUNSET   827 PM CDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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