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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
558 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
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..THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 30 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 82 345 PM 105 1934 77 5 76
MINIMUM 62 725 AM 40 1897 56 6 62
AVERAGE 72 67 5 69
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.47 2.52 1903 0.15 0.32 1.60
MONTH TO DATE 3.84 4.10 -0.26 5.94
SINCE MAR 1 11.27 9.89 1.38 13.69
SINCE JAN 1 14.17 12.11 2.06 16.85
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 2 -2 0
MONTH TO DATE 173 151 22 58
SINCE MAR 1 1579 1416 163 1167
SINCE JUL 1 6698 6418 280 5942
COOLING
TODAY 7 4 3 4
MONTH TO DATE 31 56 -25 104
SINCE MAR 1 33 69 -36 134
SINCE JAN 1 33 69 -36 134
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 800 AM
LOWEST 54 300 PM
AVERAGE 74
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 102 1934
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 34 1889
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 30 2008...........SUNRISE 544 AM CDT SUNSET 841 PM CDT
MAY 31 2008...........SUNRISE 543 AM CDT SUNSET 842 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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