Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
499 CXUS53 KDMX 011105 CLMDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 605 AM CDT SAT JUN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 105 05/30/1934 LOW 26 05/04/1907 HIGHEST 89 05/18 88 1 LOWEST 41 05/03 37 4 MEAN 65.6 62.4 3.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.7 -0.7 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.2 -0.2 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 11.08 1996 MINIMUM 0.77 1925 TOTALS 6.04 5.24 0.80 DAILY AVG. 0.20 0.17 0.03 DAYS >= .01 15 DAYS >= .10 13 DAYS >= .50 5 DAYS >= 1.00 1 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.2 -0.2 SINCE 7/1 35.0 36.5 -1.5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 50 153 -103 SINCE 7/1 4835 6162 -1327 COOLING TOTAL 79 71 8 SINCE 1/1 97 83 14 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/280 DATE 05/24 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 14 HAIL 0 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$