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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
545 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
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..THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 26 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 79 359 PM 93 1985 76 3 78
1967
MINIMUM 62 604 AM 39 1961 55 7 58
AVERAGE 71 65 6 68
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY T 2.08 1903 0.14 -0.14 0.35
MONTH TO DATE 2.70 3.51 -0.81 4.16
SINCE MAR 1 10.13 9.30 0.83 11.91
SINCE JAN 1 13.03 11.52 1.51 15.07
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 MM MM 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 0 3 -3 0
MONTH TO DATE 157 143 14 55
SINCE MAR 1 1563 1408 155 1164
SINCE JUL 1 6682 6410 272 5939
COOLING
TODAY 6 3 3 3
MONTH TO DATE 22 42 -20 85
SINCE MAR 1 24 55 -31 115
SINCE JAN 1 24 55 -31 115
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 300 AM
LOWEST 42 300 PM
AVERAGE 68
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 90 1977
1931
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 36 1907
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 26 2008...........SUNRISE 546 AM CDT SUNSET 838 PM CDT
MAY 27 2008...........SUNRISE 545 AM CDT SUNSET 839 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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