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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
537 PM CDT SAT MAY 04 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 2024...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.

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)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         63    447 AM  91    1918  68     -5       80
  MINIMUM         54    934 AM  26    1907  48      6       47
  AVERAGE         59                        58      1       64

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.53          2.50 2003   0.16   0.37     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.13                      0.67   0.46     0.00
  SINCE MAR 1      6.06                      6.86  -0.80     3.87
  SINCE JAN 1      8.39                      9.28  -0.89     7.52

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           0.1  1917   0.1   -0.1      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
  TODAY            6                         8     -2        1
  MONTH TO DATE   26                        34     -8       39
  SINCE MAR 1    945                      1251   -306     1270
  SINCE JUL 1   4811                      6044  -1233     5859

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         4     -4        0
  SINCE MAR 1     18                        16      2       16
  SINCE JAN 1     18                        16      2       16
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.4


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    90           500 AM
 LOWEST     54          1200 AM
 AVERAGE    72

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        92      1909
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        30      1944


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY  4 2024...........SUNRISE   607 AM CDT   SUNSET   816 PM CDT
MAY  5 2024...........SUNRISE   606 AM CDT   SUNSET   817 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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