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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
526 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008
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..THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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 72 330 PM 94 1886 74 -2 82
MINIMUM 41 455 AM 35 1931 53 -12 59
1883
AVERAGE 57 64 -7 71
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.78 1969 0.14 -0.14 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.68 2.81 -2.13 2.77
SINCE MAR 1 8.11 8.60 -0.49 10.52
SINCE JAN 1 11.01 10.82 0.19 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 8 4 4 0
MONTH TO DATE 135 128 7 45
SINCE MAR 1 1541 1393 148 1154
SINCE JUL 1 6660 6395 265 5929
COOLING
TODAY 0 2 -2 6
MONTH TO DATE 8 28 -20 69
SINCE MAR 1 10 41 -31 99
SINCE JAN 1 10 41 -31 99
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7
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 67 600 AM
LOWEST 21 400 PM
AVERAGE 44
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 98 1925
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 33 1963
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 21 2008...........SUNRISE 550 AM CDT SUNSET 833 PM CDT
MAY 22 2008...........SUNRISE 549 AM CDT SUNSET 834 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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