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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
533 PM CDT SUN MAY 05 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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         67    325 PM  92    1909  69     -2       69
  MINIMUM         42    434 AM  30    1944  48     -6       54
  AVERAGE         55                        58     -3       62

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          2.81 1882   0.17  -0.17     0.26
  MONTH TO DATE    1.13                      0.84   0.29     0.26
  SINCE MAR 1      6.06                      7.03  -0.97     4.13
  SINCE JAN 1      8.39                      9.45  -1.06     7.78

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           0.4  1944   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
  TODAY           10                         8      2        3
  MONTH TO DATE   39                        42     -3       42
  SINCE MAR 1    958                      1259   -301     1273
  SINCE JUL 1   4824                      6052  -1228     5862

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         5     -5        0
  SINCE MAR 1     18                        17      1       16
  SINCE JAN 1     18                        17      1       16
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.1


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           200 AM
 LOWEST     40           100 PM
 AVERAGE    67

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        95      1934
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        28      1947


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY  5 2024...........SUNRISE   606 AM CDT   SUNSET   817 PM CDT
MAY  6 2024...........SUNRISE   605 AM CDT   SUNSET   818 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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