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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
127 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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         78    504 PM  91    2019  72      6       80
  MINIMUM         61    530 AM  33    1890  52      9       56
  AVERAGE         70                        62      8       68

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.69 1896   0.17  -0.17      T
  MONTH TO DATE    2.49                      2.71  -0.22     3.34
  SINCE MAR 1      7.42                      8.90  -1.48     7.21
  SINCE JAN 1      9.75                     11.32  -1.57    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                         5     -5        0
  MONTH TO DATE   48                       107    -59       53
  SINCE MAR 1    967                      1324   -357     1284
  SINCE JUL 1   4833                      6117  -1284     5873

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        5                         2      3        3
  MONTH TO DATE   22                        21      1       45
  SINCE MAR 1     40                        33      7       61
  SINCE JAN 1     40                        33      7       61
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.0


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           400 AM
 LOWEST     36           500 PM
 AVERAGE    65

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        90      1880
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        36      1915


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 17 2024...........SUNRISE   553 AM CDT   SUNSET   830 PM CDT
MAY 18 2024...........SUNRISE   552 AM CDT   SUNSET   831 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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