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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
128 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 26 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         79    314 PM  96    2018  76      3       78
  MINIMUM         61   1157 PM  39    1961  56      5       51
  AVERAGE         70                        66      4       65

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.15          2.08 1903   0.16  -0.01     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    5.78                      4.41   1.37     3.34
  SINCE MAR 1     10.71                     10.60   0.11     7.21
  SINCE JAN 1     13.04                     13.02   0.02    10.86

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0
  SINCE MAR 1      0.8                       5.8   -5.0     10.4
  SINCE JUL 1     35.0                      36.5   -1.5     33.1
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        0
  MONTH TO DATE   48                       142    -94       68
  SINCE MAR 1    967                      1359   -392     1299
  SINCE JUL 1   4833                      6152  -1319     5888

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        5                         4      1        0
  MONTH TO DATE   66                        51     15       69
  SINCE MAR 1     84                        63     21       85
  SINCE JAN 1     84                        63     21       85
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           200 AM
 LOWEST     50           300 PM
 AVERAGE    72

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   76        99      2018
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        36      1907


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 27 2024...........SUNRISE   545 AM CDT   SUNSET   839 PM CDT
MAY 28 2024...........SUNRISE   545 AM CDT   SUNSET   840 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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