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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
533 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008
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..THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 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 61 219 AM 92 1939 75 -14 78
1885
MINIMUM 51 605 AM 32 1963 54 -3 63
AVERAGE 56 64 -8 71
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.65 1.58 1914 0.14 0.51 0.47
MONTH TO DATE 1.34 3.09 -1.75 3.44
SINCE MAR 1 8.77 8.88 -0.11 11.19
SINCE JAN 1 11.67 11.10 0.57 14.35
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 T 2001 0.0 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 9 3 6 0
MONTH TO DATE 150 134 16 45
SINCE MAR 1 1556 1399 157 1154
SINCE JUL 1 6675 6401 274 5929
COOLING
TODAY 0 3 -3 6
MONTH TO DATE 8 33 -25 82
SINCE MAR 1 10 46 -36 112
SINCE JAN 1 10 46 -36 112
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.6
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 89 600 AM
LOWEST 55 1200 AM
AVERAGE 72
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 97 1939
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 36 1924
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 23 2008...........SUNRISE 548 AM CDT SUNSET 835 PM CDT
MAY 24 2008...........SUNRISE 547 AM CDT SUNSET 836 PM CDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
71
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