Climatological Report (Daily)
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
537 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 30 2013...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2013


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         74    221 AM 105    1934  77     -3       70
  MINIMUM         67   1158 AM  40    1897  57     10       52
  AVERAGE         71                        67      4       61

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.08          2.52 1903   0.15  -0.07     0.04
  MONTH TO DATE    7.26                      4.58   2.68     2.66
  SINCE MAR 1     15.46                     10.74   4.72    10.28
  SINCE JAN 1     18.31                     13.02   5.29    12.49

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    6.9                       0.0    6.9      0.0
  SINCE MAR 1     16.5                       7.0    9.5      0.3
  SINCE JUL 1     55.2                      35.3   19.9     20.9
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            0                         2     -2        4
  MONTH TO DATE  175                       144     31       23
  SINCE MAR 1   1645                      1352    293      619
  SINCE JUL 1   6002                      6183   -181     4679

 COOLING
  TODAY            6                         4      2        0
  MONTH TO DATE   87                        59     28      151
  SINCE MAR 1     99                        73     26      208
  SINCE JAN 1     99                        73     26      208
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.8


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    87          1200 PM
 LOWEST     68           200 AM
 AVERAGE    78

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   77       102      1934
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        34      1889


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 30 2013...........SUNRISE   544 AM CDT   SUNSET   841 PM CDT
MAY 31 2013...........SUNRISE   543 AM CDT   SUNSET   842 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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