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Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CDUS43 KDMX 172240
CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
525 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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 81 336 PM 90 1880 73 8 82
MINIMUM 63 546 AM 36 1915 53 10 55
AVERAGE 72 63 9 69
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 2.25 2004 0.15 -0.15 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 2.98 2.63 0.35 1.99
SINCE MAR 1 11.18 8.79 2.39 9.61
SINCE JAN 1 14.03 11.07 2.96 11.82
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 4 -4 0
MONTH TO DATE 151 105 46 17
SINCE MAR 1 1621 1313 308 613
SINCE JUL 1 5978 6144 -166 4673
COOLING
TODAY 7 2 5 4
MONTH TO DATE 37 22 15 66
SINCE MAR 1 49 36 13 123
SINCE JAN 1 49 36 13 123
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 90 500 AM
LOWEST 51 200 PM
AVERAGE 71
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 92 1934
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 35 1916
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 17 2013...........SUNRISE 553 AM CDT SUNSET 829 PM CDT
MAY 18 2013...........SUNRISE 552 AM CDT SUNSET 830 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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