Climatological Report (Daily)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
528 PM CDT WED MAY 08 2024
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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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 81 302 PM 94 1934 70 11 77
MINIMUM 56 543 AM 32 1954 49 7 60
AVERAGE 69 59 10 69
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.41 1950 0.17 -0.17 0.21
MONTH TO DATE 2.01 1.33 0.68 1.40
SINCE MAR 1 6.94 7.52 -0.58 5.27
SINCE JAN 1 9.27 9.94 -0.67 8.92
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 T 1938 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021
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 0 7 -7 0
MONTH TO DATE 40 63 -23 42
SINCE MAR 1 959 1280 -321 1273
SINCE JUL 1 4825 6073 -1248 5862
COOLING
TODAY 4 1 3 4
MONTH TO DATE 6 8 -2 14
SINCE MAR 1 24 20 4 30
SINCE JAN 1 24 20 4 30
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 67 800 AM
LOWEST 32 200 PM
AVERAGE 50
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 94 1895
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 32 1885
1923
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 8 2024...........SUNRISE 602 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT
MAY 9 2024...........SUNRISE 601 AM CDT SUNSET 822 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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