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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
131 AM CDT SUN MAY 05 2024

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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         63    447 AM  91    1918  68     -5       80
  MINIMUM         48   1159 PM  26    1907  48      0       47
  AVERAGE         56                        58     -2       64

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.53          2.50 2003   0.16   0.37     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.13                      0.67   0.46     0.00
  SINCE MAR 1      6.06                      6.86  -0.80     3.87
  SINCE JAN 1      8.39                      9.28  -0.89     7.52

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.1  1917   0.1   -0.1      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
  YESTERDAY        9                         8      1        1
  MONTH TO DATE   29                        34     -5       39
  SINCE MAR 1    948                      1251   -303     1270
  SINCE JUL 1   4814                      6044  -1230     5859

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         4     -4        0
  SINCE MAR 1     18                        16      2       16
  SINCE JAN 1     18                        16      2       16
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.8


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    90           500 AM
 LOWEST     54          1200 AM
 AVERAGE    72

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        92      1909
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        30      1944


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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