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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
526 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2008
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..THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2008
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2008
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 78 309 PM 90 1939 72 6 72
1936
1894
MINIMUM 46 526 AM 33 1890 51 -5 45
AVERAGE 62 62 0 59
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.69 1896 0.14 -0.14 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.68 2.11 -1.43 2.77
SINCE MAR 1 8.11 7.90 0.21 10.52
SINCE JAN 1 11.01 10.12 0.89 13.68
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 MM MM T 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 5.9 6.8 -0.9 12.0
SINCE JUL 1 58.5 36.4 22.1 39.3
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 3 5 -2 6
MONTH TO DATE 115 108 7 29
SINCE MAR 1 1521 1373 148 1138
SINCE JUL 1 6640 6375 265 5913
COOLING
TODAY 0 2 -2 0
MONTH TO DATE 3 18 -15 54
SINCE MAR 1 5 31 -26 84
SINCE JAN 1 5 31 -26 84
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 71 500 AM
LOWEST 20 400 PM
AVERAGE 46
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 90 1880
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 36 1915
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 16 2008...........SUNRISE 554 AM CDT SUNSET 829 PM CDT
MAY 17 2008...........SUNRISE 553 AM CDT SUNSET 830 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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